Yerevan to revoke signatures from Protocols if ratification delayed

PanARMENIAN.Net - It has been 95 years Turkey has denied the Armenian Genocide . Armenia stated its readiness to ratify the Protocols aimed at Armenian-Turkish normalization after the Turkish parliament does it. But Ankara does not cease voicing preconditions for the ratification of these protocols, and the basic precondition is related to Nagorno Karabakh, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan told the French newspaper Le Figaro.

"In the XXI century closed borders and the language of preconditions are unacceptable. We say, let's first establish relationships, and then talk about all issues. Both countries want to deepen their relations with Europe and share European values, excluding hostile actions towards each other. And the international community, I belive, must express its position over the matter, " the Armenian President said.

Being dragged out, Armenian-Turkish normalization process is losing gradually its advocates, those who initially supported the Protocols , Serzh Sargsyan said.

The President of Armenia said he has a great wish to normalize relations with Turkey, but recent statements of Turkey prompt that Ankara will not ratify the Protocols in the foreseeable future.

"We warned if Turkey uses the reconciliation process for other purposes, we will take appropriate steps. We will revoke our signatures from the Protocols if ratification delayed,”Serzh Sargsyan said.

Commenting on the decision of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on the Armenian Genocide, the President of Armenia said that Armenia wants Turkey recognize this fact. "But Congress and the U.S. State Department is unlikely to make decisions based on our wishes and opinions," the president of Armenia said.