TURKEY’S PM: ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS CONTAIN NO PRECONDITIONS

PanARMENIAN.Net
08.12.2009 15:58 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Despite Turkey’s numerous statements that
normalization of relations with Armenia is impossible unless the
Nagorno Karabakh is settled, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan for the
first time announced said that the Armenian-Turkish Protocols contain
no preconditions.

"Making such statement after a meeting with the U.S. President,
Erdogan reiterated what Armenia and the OSCE Minsk Group have been
speaking about for months," said Eduard Sharmazanov, secretary of
Republican Party of Armenia parliamentary group.

Commenting on the timing of protocols’ ratification in the Turkish
Parliament, Mr. Sharmazanov reiterated that in case of unjustified
delays the Armenian side will take relevant steps. "Ratification
of the protocols by the National Assembly of Armenia would require
several months and it will happen in 2010," he said.

Sharmazanov reiterated that Armenia is the guarantor of security of the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic and will not make any unilateral concessions.