Armenia Suspends Normalisation Of Ties With Turkey -- BBCArmenia's ruling coalition has said it is halting the ratification in parliament of landmark accords on normalising relations with Turkey.
It said it was because of Turkey's refusal to "ratify the protocols without preconditions", chiefly over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The countries signed a historic deal in 2009 to re-establish diplomatic ties.
There had been a century of hostility following the World War I mass killings of Armenians.
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ASIA
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AFRICA
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EUROPE
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