RA NA SPEAKER DISCUSSES WITH EU REPRESENTATIVE THE NORMALIZATION PROCESS OF THE ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS

National Assembly of RA
Jan 22 2010
Armenia

On January 21 the Speaker of the National Assembly Mr. Hovik Abrahamyan
received the Representative of the European Union for the South
Caucasus Mr. Peter Semneby.

At the meeting the sides focused on normalization process of the
Armenian-Turkish relations without preconditions. The Speaker of the
Armenian Parliament expressed hope that Turkey would be faithful to
the letter and spirit of the protocols signed in Zurich on October 10,
2009. In that context Mr. Abrahamyan told the EU Special Representative
about his meeting with the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly
of Turkey Mr. Mehmet Ali Å~^ahin, which took place on November 23,
2009 during the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black
Sea Economic Cooperation in Moscow.

At Mr. Semneby’s request the RA NA Speaker presented the ratification
process of the protocols in Armenia, which goes on according to
the defined order and without irrelevant delays. Mr. Abrahamyan
underlined that the Turkish side would be after the ratification and
implementation of the protocols, abstaining the steps taken directed
to the failure of the process. He noted that otherwise the Armenian
side was ready to take corresponding adequate steps.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress