Zurich, 10 October, 2009. Mr. Edward Nalbandian, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia and Mr. Ahmet Davutoglu, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Turkey signed Protocols on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and on Development of Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Turkey.

Mrs. Hillary Clinton, the US State Secretary, Mr. Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, Mr. Bernard Kouchner, the French Foreign Minister, Mr. Javier Solana, the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union, Mr. Samuel Zbogar, the Slovenian Foreign Minister and Mrs. Micheline Calmy-Rey, the Swiss Federal Councilor were present at the signing ceremony, which took place at the University of Zurich. These Protocols aim at establishing normal relations between the two neighbouring countries and need to be ratified by the Parliaments of Armenia and Turkey to come into force.

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