PROBLEMS WITH RATIFICATION OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS CREATED ONLY BY TURKEY: RPA PRESS-SECRETARY

ArmInfo
2009-12-28 12:25:00

ArmInfo. Armenia has no intention to fight for normalization of
relations with Turkey by all means, Eduard Sharmazanov, Press-Secretary
of the Republican Party of Armenia, parliamentarian, said in a press
conference on Monday.

He said the stance of the ruling party has not been changed. Armenia
is ready to ratify the protocols signed in Zurich without
pre-conditions. Only Turkey creates problems for ratification of
these documents trying to link the Armenian-Turkish process with
settlement of the Karabakh conflict, Sharmazanov said. The world
community must understand that the Armenian authorities do not wish
for normalization of relations with Turkey by all means possible. The
process will not touch our national interests, he said. Sharmazanov
also added that Turkey should not have been signed the Protocols if
he had no intention to ratify them.

Armenia and Turkey signed the "Protocol on the establishment
of diplomatic relations" and the "Protocol on the development of
bilateral relations" in Zurich on October 10. Afterwards, the Turkish
Foreign Ministry submitted the protocols to the Foreign Relations
Committee of the Turkish Parliament. The final resolution was to be
made before December 7, but wasn’t. To come into effect the protocols
must be submitted to the respective Parliaments for the ratification
on each side.