Early ratification of Armenian-Turkish protocols based on Armenia's interests

PanARMENIAN.Net - Early ratification of the Armenian-Turkish Protocols by the RA National Assembly before the Turkish parliament would ratify them is in national interest of Armenia, Stepan Grigoryan , head of Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation told a press conference in Yerevan.

According to him, any delay in ratification process is to the detriment of Armenia. "The forces opposed to Armenian-Turkish raproachment and linking them to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, gain time to implement their plans," the expert said. 



Fast ratification of the Protocols by the Armenian parliament would not leave chance to them to link the ratification process to the Karabakh problem, Grigoryan said.



Verdict of RA Constitutional Court on the Protocols outlined the legal boundaries, which the Armenian authorities will not be able to cross in relations with Turkey, the political analyst said.



 According to the expert, Turkey is also interested in opening the border, but delaying the ratification process get the most from the process.



Protocols on the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations have been signed on October 10, 2009 in Zurich by the foreign ministers of Armenia and Turkey, Edward Nalbandian and Ahmet Davutoglu in the presence of the foreign ministers of France, the United States, Russia and Switzerland after   a series of diplomatic talks held through Swiss mediation since 2007. According to the Protocols, diplomatic relations should be established between the two countries and the mutual border, closed by Turkey since 1993, should be opened. On January 12, 2010 Armenian Constitutional Court acknowledged the constituency of the Protocols.