IF PRECONDITIONS AVAILABLE, WHY TURKEY FAILED TO RATIFY PROTOCOLS?

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April 27 2010
Armenia

Turkey’s joining to OSCE Minsk Group as a Co-Chair is ruled out. This
was repeatedly stated by the RA President Serzh Sargsyan and Foreign
Minister, RA FM said in the interview with Armenian Public Television.

Commenting on the remark that there are pre-conditions in
Armenia-Turkey Protocols, Nalbandian stated: "If so, why Turkey
did not ratify the documents. I believe no-one excepts for several
Armenian oppositionists beholds preconditions in the Protocols. Even
Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there were no preconditions
in the documents. Turkish opposition also criticized the authorities,
saying "they held talks badly, Protocols contain no preconditions
and signed them without the provisions, Turkey sought to see. They
cannot be ratified until the preconditions are appended."

Asked about the current stage of Karabakh peace process, considering
that Azerbaijan constantly seeks to change the OSCE MG format, RA FM
replied: "Azerbaijan criticizes both Armenia and OSCE MG Co-Chairs –
U.S., Russia, France, at times EU and even its close ally Turkey.

Azerbaijan seeks the guilty for failures in its policy, trying to shift
the blame on others. As for the peace process, it takes its course,"
Nalbandian stressed.