DESPITE PROTOCOLS FOUND CORRESPONDING WITH ARMENIAN CONSTITUTION, ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT IS UNLIKELY TO RATIFY THEM: EXPERT SVANTE CORNELL

Trend
Jan 12 2010
Azerbaijan

Despite the protocols have been found corresponding with the Armenian
Constitution today, the Armenian Parliament is unlikely to ratify
them, the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University
director Svante Cornell said.

"Despite Armenia’s Constitutional Court has confirmed today compliance
of the Armenian-Turkish protocols with the Constitution, the Armenian
parliament is unlikely to ratify these protocols," Cornell told Trend
News over phone from Sweden.

Armenia’s Constitutional Court found the Armenian-Turkish protocols
corresponding with the Constitution, "News-Armenia" agency reported.

Armenia’s Constitutional Court launched its consideration of the
protocols on Tuesday morning.

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian spoke as official
representative of the Armenian President during consideration of
the case.

The case was considered in a written procedural order on the basis
of the documents submitted to the court.

Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward
Nalbandian signed the Ankara-Yerevan protocols on normalization
relations between two countries in Zurich on Oct. 10, 2009.

Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey were broken due
to Armenian claims of an alleged genocide and its occupation of
Azerbaijani lands. Their border closed in 1993.

Cornell said if you carefully observe the recent events, it becomes
clear that there is no political activity in the region.

He said much depends now on the actions of the Turkish Parliament.

"I think that Armenia will wait for Turkish actions in ratification
of the protocols in its Parliament," Cornell said.

Another factor of the development of events concerning the
Armenian-Turkish protocols will influence the position of Armenia,
Russia and the United States, the expert said.