CONSTITUTIONAL COURT’S DECISION ON COMPLIANCE OF PROTOCOLS WITH ARMENIAN CONSTITUTION QUITE EXPECTED

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
12.01.2010 19:13 GMT+04:00

Decision of the Constitutional Court of Armenia on compliance of
Armenian-Turkish Protocols with the Armenian Constitution is quite
expected, Alexander Iskandaryan , Director of the Caucasus Institute
told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

"I think this is another signal to Turkey and the world community that
Armenia is ready to normalize Armenian-Turkish relations. However,
it would take place if the Turkish parliament ratifies the Protocols,"
Iskandaryan said.

Protocols on the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations have
been signed on Oct. 10, 2009 in Zurich by the foreign ministers of
Armenia and Turkey, Edward Nalbandian and Ahmet Davutoglu in the
presence of the foreign ministers of France, the United States,
Russia and Switzerland. The latter has been a mediator in the
Armenian-Turkish negotiations since 2007. According to the Protocols,
diplomatic relations should be established between countries and
the Armenian-Turkish border, closed by Turkey since 1993, should be
opened. On January 12 Armenian Constitutional Court acknowledged the
Protocols as relevant to the Constitution of Armenia.