LET TIME SHOW IF ANKARA IS WILLING TO RATIFY PROTOCOLS, NALBANIDAN SAYS

PanARMENIAN.Net
18.03.2010 15:47 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia initiated the process of normalization of
relations with Turkey and signed the Protocols despite all obstacles,
RA Foreign Minister said.

"Yerevan is willing to move forward. Let time show whether Ankara is
willing too," Edward Nalbandian said during a joint news conference
with his Slovak counterpart Miroslav Lajcak.

Mr. Lajcak, for his part, voiced hope that the Protocols will be
ratified without preconditions and linkage to other processes.

As to Turkey’s EU bid, he said Ankara should meet all commitments to
be accepted to the Union.

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.