If Armenia wants borders to be reopened, it should end occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh: Turkish party leader

If Armenia wants borders to be opened, it must withdrew its troops from Azerbaijan's occupied territories, leader of the Turkish Grand Unity Party Yalchin Topchu said after discussions on the Turkey-Armenia protocols with the Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu,  Turkish Cihan news agency reported.

"If Armenia regards seriously the opening of the borders, it should withdraw its troops from the occupied [Nagorno-] Karabakh," Topchu said.

According to the leader, there was no need to sign the Ankara-Yerevan Protocol in Switzerland.

On Aug. 31, Turkey and Armenia in the talks mediated by Switzerland reached an agreement to launch "internal political consultations" to sign the Protocol on Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and Protocol on Development of Bilateral Relations, the Turkish Foreign Ministry reported.

The Turkish foreign ministrer appealed to hold a meeting to discuss the Turkey-Armenia protocol reached by the mediation of Switzerland in the Turkish Parliament. Davudoglu said that he will meet with the leaders of the country's opposition leaders to discuss the protocols.

Deniz Baykal, Turkish opposition Leader, demanded to include the Nagorno-Karabakh issue in the Ankara-Yerevan protocol signed in August.

Devlet Bahcheli, Leader of other opposition party "National movement", refused to meet with Davutoglu.

/Trend News/