Relations Between Republic Of Turkey And Republic Of Armenia

EDM number 2019 in 2008-09, proposed by Bob Laxton on 13/10/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Asia.

That this House welcomes the recent Protocols on the Development of Relations and the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Armenia, signed by the Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu and his Armenian counterpart, Edward Nalbandian in Zurich on 10 October 2009; finds these developments very encouraging for the creation and maintenance of an atmosphere of trust and confidence between the two countries; applauds the desire by both sides to develop bilateral cooperation in political, economic, cultural and other fields; notes the mutual commitment to respect equality, sovereignty and non-intervention in the internal affairs of other states, territorial integrity and inviolability of frontiers and condemnation of all forms of terrorism, violence and extremism irrespective of their cause; welcomes the agreement to open the common border between the two countries and establish an intergovernmental bilateral commission for regular political consultations between the two countries; notes the agreement to implement dialogue on the historical dimension with the aim of restoring mutual confidence between the two nations; and believes these developments will strengthen peace, security and stability in the region as a whole.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Laxton	13/10/2009	Derby North	Labour	Proposed
Nicholas Winterton	13/10/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	13/10/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Paul Rowen	13/10/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	13/10/2009	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	13/10/2009	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	13/10/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Lynne Jones	13/10/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/10/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	14/10/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	14/10/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	14/10/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	14/10/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	14/10/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	15/10/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	15/10/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/10/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	15/10/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	16/10/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	19/10/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	19/10/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	19/10/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/10/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	19/10/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	19/10/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/10/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Elliot Morley	20/10/2009	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/10/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	22/10/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	26/10/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	26/10/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	28/10/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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