April 30, 2010 - 16:52 AMT
Armenian-Turkish process will be resumed after 2011 parliamentary elections in Turkey, expert says

The Armenian-Turkish reconciliation process, suspended by official Yerevan, will be resumed after 2011 parliamentary elections in Turkey, Political Developments Research Center NGO chairman Vahan Dilanyan stated.

As he told a news conference in Yerevan, currently Turkey’s ruling AKP party lacks political will to ratify the Protocols. At the same time, Mr. Dilanyan didn’t preclude the possibility of Armenia-Turkey negotiations being continued at ministerial level. According to him, Armenian-Turkish dialogue is one of the exceptional processes where superpowers’ interests basically meet.

“On the background of political negotiations suspension, the dialogue between Armenian and Turkish societies should be activated,” Mr. Dilanyan emphasized.