ZURICH: The widely-objected signing of the Armenia-Turkey Protocols has officially been "delayed", after Armenia's foreign minister Eduard Nalbandian did not show up to the signing ceremony following what United States officials are calling a "last minute hitch".

According to the BBC, "Armenia is reportedly objecting to a planned statement by Turkey" following the signing.

Asbarez, via Twitter, announced that the reported "hitch" was in the eleventh hour, resulting in the immediate redirection of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade as she was on her way to the ceremony.

A United States State Department official told CNN that, as the issue is with regards to oral statements post the signing, they would try to work with the parties to reach a suitable compromise.

In the last week, over 100,000 Armenians in Yerevan, New York, Los Angeles, Beirut, Paris, Buenos Aires and Sydney have protested against the Protocols.

Despite being advertised by both parties as containing "no preconditions", the Protocols to re-establish diplomatic relations between the Caucasus neighbours contained points which experts said will harm the century-old battle by Armenians to have the Genocide of over 1.5million of their ancestors recognised and adjudicated. Experts said the Protocols also cast into doubt the right to self-determination for the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh.

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