Armenian expert: Freezing relations with Turkey does not mean terminating them

2010-04-24 14:31:00

ArmInfo. President Serzh Sargsyan’s address was Yerevan’s response to
imitation of the process by Turkey, Ruben Melkonyan, Armenian
turkologist , told ArmInfo.

He said that after the statement by the ruling coalition, the
president’s address and decree on suspending the procedure of
ratifying the Armenian-Turkish Protocols were logical and not
unexpected. "However, freezing relations does not mean terminating
them. From the strategic point of view, it was right for Yerevan not
to recall its signature from under the Protocols," the expert said.

R. Melkonyan highlighted that the process was actually frozen by
Turkey yet several months ago when Ankara even more toughened its
politicy of preconditions.

"Suspending ratification of the Protocols by the Parliament the
Armenian party just made de-jure assessment of the de-facto freezing
of the process by Ankara," Melkonyan said.