Davit Shahnazaryan: Armenian parliament should ratify protocols first

PanARMENIAN.Net - Statements that Armenia should ratify the Protocols after to Turkey are erroneous, according to member of Armenian National Congress (ANC) Davit Shahnazaryan.



Ratifying the Protocols first, Turkey will prove that it is ruling the process while Armenia reacts only," he told a news conference on Friday.



"Armenia should ratify the Protocols first, as time constraints will deprive Turkey of the chance to link normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations to Nagorno Karabakh process. If the Armenian parliament doesn't take action, it will mean that the republic's leadership agreed to Turkey's terms," he said.



Commenting on Karabakh process, Mr. Shahnazaryan said that as far as he knows Armenia and Azerbaijan are to sign a framework agreement by the yearend.