ARMENIA TO RATIFY PROTOCOLS IN CASE OF TURKEY’S REFRAINING FROM PRECONDITIONS

PanARMENIAN.Net
12.01.2010 19:24 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Constitutional Court’s decision on
Armenian-Turkish Protocols’ conformity to RA Constitution was
foreseeable, political scientist Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan finds.

"Armenia can ratify the Protocols only in case Turkey unconditionally
accepts all clauses without preconditions. Otherwise, the documents
may give rise to new conflicting views between Armenia and Turkey,"
he told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

The protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of
the common border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich
by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish
counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of
diplomatic talks held through Swiss mediation.

On January 12, 2010, Armenia’s Constitutional Court passed a ruling
on documents’ conformity to RA Constitution.