10 february 2016
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia will examine the State Duma MPs’ proposal to annul the friendship treaty with Turkey.
Russian MFA representative Maria Zakharova informed the aforesaid, according to RIA Novosti news agency of the country.
“The request will be examined as to what specifically is proposed,” Zakharova said at Wednesday’s briefing. “Accordingly, everything will be done in accordance with the specified procedure.”
As reported earlier, Russian State Duma members Valery Rashkin and Sergei Obukhov petitioned to President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and proposed to sever the brotherhood and friendship treaty (Treaty of Moscow), which the then Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Bolshevist Russia) and Turkey had signed in 1921.
In their respective letter, the said Russian MPs point to the consistency in Turkey’s aggressive behavior.
Pursuant to the 1921 Treaty of Moscow, most of Kars Province, southern part of former Batumi Province, and Surmalu District—along with Mount Ararat—of Yerevan Province were given to Turkey.
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