DAVIT SHAHNAZARYAN: ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SHOULD RATIFY PROTOCOLS FIRST

PanARMENIAN.Net
16.10.2009 14:12 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Statements that Armenia should ratify the Protocols
after to Turkey are erroneous, according to member of Armenian National
Congress (ANC) Davit Shahnazaryan.

Ratifying the Protocols first, Turkey will prove that it is ruling
the process while Armenia reacts only," he told a news conference
on Friday.

"Armenia should ratify the Protocols first, as time constraints will
deprive Turkey of the chance to link normalization of Armenian-Turkish
relations to Nagorno Karabakh process. If the Armenian parliament
doesn’t take action, it will mean that the republic’s leadership
agreed to Turkey’s terms," he said.

Commenting on Karabakh process, Mr. Shahnazaryan said that as far as
he knows Armenia and Azerbaijan are to sign a framework agreement by
the yearend.