HRAYR TOVMASYAN: BOTH COUNTRIES WILL RATIFY THE PROTOCOLS
Karen Ghazaryan
"Radiolur"
15.12.2009 18:25
"The legal ways of ratification of the Armenian-Turkish protocols
by the Parliaments of the two countries enable the parties to make
certain political reverences," lawyer Hrayr Tovmasyan told a press
conference today.
"From the very beginning Turkey has not been playing with open cards,
and in its heart of hearts it desires to tie the establishment of
relations with Armenia with the Karabakh issue," he said.
According to Hrayr Tovmasyan, Turkey is currently ahead of Armenia
in the process, since in the neighbor country the protocols do not
need to be considered by the Constitutional Court and the documents
are currently in Parliament. The Armenian Constitutional Court is
expected to announce the verdict on January 12.
Despite that, Hrayr Tovmasyan is confident that the international
community understands that the Armenian side is not creating artificial
obstacles, since it has been repeatedly declaring about the willingness
to ratify the protocols.
The lawyer believes the Parliaments of both countries will ratify
the protocols. In case of Turkey the ratification may be dragged out
until April 24.