Armenia withdraws key peace accords with Turkey

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said on 16 February 2015 he had withdrawn from the national parliament the peace accords with Turkey signed in October 2009.

The accords establish diplomatic relations and open their land border, aiming to overcome the hostility between the two neighbouring countries which lasts since World War One.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Statement by the spokesperson of HR Catherine Ashton, on the normalisation of relations between Turkey and Armenia, Brussels, 26 April 2010 http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-statement-by-the-spokesperson-of-hr-catherine-ashton-on-the-normalisation-of-relations-between-turkey-and-armenia-brussels-26-april-2010/

ESO: Background information: Armenia puts deal to restore ties with Turkey on hold http://www.europeansources.info/record/erdogan-offers-condolences-to-armenian-genocide-survivors/

Armenia: President of the Republic of Armenia: Press Release, 16.02.15: Armenian President recalls Armenian-Turkish Protocols from parliament http://www.president.am/en/press-release/item/2015/02/16/President-Serzh-Sargsyan-National-Assembly/

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