TURKISH PARLIAMENT UNLIKELY TO RATIFY PROTOCOLS
PanARMENIAN.Net
15.02.2010 13:17 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The presidential speech in Chatham House was
incorrect for the audience, according to former speaker of the Armenian
National Assembly.
"Those who prepare speeches for the President did not take into account
that the essence of the address and the problems highlighted in it did
not fit the audience," Tigran Torosyan said. "Instead of presenting
Armenia’s stand on the Karabakh issue, the President restricted
himself to a wording which was announced numerously before.
He just said that the Armenian side will not make concessions
conflicting with the interests of Karabakh people."
"President Sargsyan did not touch on the situation that emerged in
the region after the South Ossetian war in 2008. Furthermore, it was
a mistake to say that Armenia will certainly ratify the Protocols
after the ratification by the Turkish parliament. This conflicts the
RA Constitution, according to which each member of parliament takes
a decision basing on the political creed," he said.
Mr. Torosyan, however, said that Turkey is unlikely to ratify the
Protocols. "These documents may be ratified only if the US Congress
passes the Armenian Genocide Resolution or if President Obama uses
the term genocide in his April 24 address," he said.
The Protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of
the 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, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of
Armenia found the protocols conformable to the country’s Organic Law.