According to RFE/RL the Turkish newspaper Milliyet has reported that the protocols are scheduled to be signed on October 13. Incidentally that is the date when the Treaty of Kars, which defined the present day border between the two countries, was endorsed. Apparently history is symbolically repeating itself to the date. The agreements will most likely be signed in a neutral country and not in Turkey where Armenian President Serge Sarkisian is due for a visit to watch football next month on October 14th. Maybe in a gesture of “goodwill and in pursuit of peace, mutual understanding and harmony” as the protocols stipulate, the Turks will let the Armenian team win, but don’t count on it.
Interesting times we are living in. Let’s see what the Armenian nation will decide by the day before the protocols are supposed to be signed (this could be a ploy, they could always be signed in secret sooner).
Time’s running out.
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