FIRST STAGE OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS FAILED THROUGH TURKEY’S FAULT
ArmInfo
2010-05-06 14:26:00
ArmInfo. The first stage of the Armenian-Turkish relations
ended in fiasco through Turkey’s fault, Director of the Genocide
Museum-Institute Hayk Demoyan told journalists today.
There are at least two reasons for such a failed policy conducted by
Ankara. First, Turkey could not stand to Azerbaijan’s loss, second,
Turkey counted on achieving from the Protocol process at least
suspension of the process of international recognition of the Armenian
Genocide and advancement in the Karabakh issue. It did not happen,
so Turkey has failed the process", he said and added that in case
if the second stage of the Armenian-Turkish rapprochement starts,
that may quite happen under the influence of the third parties, the
Protocols cannot be a basis for that any more, since they are fully
devaluated by Ankara’s non-constructive actions.
On April 22, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on
suspension of the process of ratification of the Armenian-Turkish
Protocols. However, Armenia retains its signature under the
Protocols trying to preserve an opportunity of rapprochement with
Turkey. On January 12, Constitutional Court of Armenia recognized
the commitments, fixed in the Armenian-Turkish Protocols, meeting
Armenia’s Constitution. According to CC decision, the commitments,
established by the Protocols, are of mutual interstate nature and
cannot cover the third countries. CC also noted that opening of the
Armenian-Turkish border is a priority provision of the Protocols,
and all the other commitments acquire legal force only in case of
the borders opened. After that, Turkish FM said in its statement that
the decision of Armenia’s CC on recognition of the Armenian-Turkish
Protocols complying with the Constitution contains preconditions and
restriction provisions, which do not meet the Protocols signed in
Zurich on October 10, 2009. The both documents must be approved by
the two countries’ parliaments to take effect.