Armenia Halts Ratification Of Turkey Peace Deal -- Reuters(Reuters) - Armenia on Thursday suspended ratification of peace accords with Turkey, setting back to square one U.S.-backed efforts to bury a century of hostility between the neighbors.
Christian Armenia and Muslim Turkey signed accords in October last year to establish diplomatic relations and open their land border, trying to overcome the legacy of the World War One mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks.
But the process was already deadlocked before Thursday's decision, with each side accusing the other of trying to re-write the texts and setting new conditions.
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More News On The Failure Of Armenian - Turkish Reconciliation
Armenian freezes Turkey pact ratification -- AP
Armenia suspends normalisation of ties with Turkey -- BBC
Armenia halts Turkey reconciliation -- Al Jazeera
Armenian parties reject talks with Turkey -- CNN
Armenia Suspends Ratification Of Turkey Deal -- Radio Free Europe
President Sarkisian Announces Suspension of Protocols -- Armenian Weekly
Turkey committed to protocols with Armenia, Erdogan says -- Focus
My Comment: When this treaty was agreed upon a few months ago, I voiced my skepticism that it will be ratified. Sadly .... with many issues that have not been resolved .... this is what has happened.
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