HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN: TURKISH AUTHORITIES CAN’T BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.03.2010 13:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish authorities, signing a document and making
statements contradicting the latter, can’t be taken seriously,
according to parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan.

As he told a news conference in Yerevan, Turkish authorities seem
to disrespect either themselves or the agreements reached. "As
to ratification of Protocols, we discussed the issue with the
coalition partners and adhere to the position already announced:
Armenian parliament will take no further steps until Turkey ratifies
Protocols," Mr. Abrahamyan emphasized.

Prosperous Armenia party leader Gagik Tsarukyan, for his part, noted
that Turkey was the one to close the border, so it’s for Turkey to open
it. "We showed our goodwill, it’s now Turkey’s turn," PanARMENIAN.Net
parliamentary correspondent cited Mr. Tsarukyan as saying.

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.