Armenian Ambassador to Ukraine Andranik Manukyan, Armenian Diaspora representatives, local authorities attended celebrations.

Ankara decided to bring back to the agenda the Armenian-Turkish Protocols on normalizing relations and opening the border. Prime Minister Erdogan, in all probability, always wants to manage everything and be the first, starting with the support for the “Arab spring” and ending with establishing relations with Armenia. At the same time Ankara is eager to maintain relations with Israel, Palestine, Cyprus and Russia, viewing the latter if not as an ally, at least as a country with which she can “negotiate” for the Caucasus. And, of course, there comes the main partner, the United States, no matter how often Erdogan asserts that Turkey follows an independent policy.

"We are still sorting through the final numbers but we are delighted with the outcome,” London 2012 chief executive said.