PROTOCOLS’ RATIFICATION UNDERWAY WITHOUT PROTRACTION IN ARMENIA

news.am
Jan 21 2010
Armenia

RA Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan hopes that Turkey will
adhere to the spirit and letter of Armenia-Turkey Protocols signed
in Zurich October 10, he said at the Jan.21 meeting with EU Special
Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.

The regulation of Armenia-Turkey relations’ normalization without
preconditions was in focus, RA Parliament PR and information department
informed NEWS.am. The RA Speaker informed Semneby about his Nov. 23,
2009 meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mehmet Ali Sahin in the
course of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Summit in Moscow.

Abrahamyan also touched upon Protocols’ ratification process in Armenia
that is underway due to predetermined procedure and without unnecessary
protraction. RA Speaker underlined that Turkish side should adhere
to Protocols’ ratification and implementation, refraining from any
steps aimed at failing the process. Otherwise, Armenian side is ready
to undertake appropriate steps.