On October 10, 2009, in Zurich, the foreign ministers of Armenia and Turkey signed the Armenia-Turkey protocols and presented to the parliaments of the two countries for ratification. Months after signing of the protocols, President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, suspended the ratification process in the parliament, saying that Turkey is not ready to continue the process without preconditions. The official Yerevan announced that Armenia is discussing the issue of recalling the Armenian-Turkish protocols.
The official Ankara still associates the normalization of relations with Armenia with Karabakh conflict. Ahead to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, is the new government of Turkey able to make any essential move towards normalization of Armenia-Turkey relations?
The expert for the Center of “Political and International Studies”, Ruben Mehrabyan, in the conversation with “Aravot”, mentioned, “Erdoğan’s Turkey will not move a finger to make any essential more towards the Armenia-Turkey relations. It will happen only in the presence of its clear political order in Turkey. At present, it is not visible and its trend is not even seen in the near future. The situation can be changed in Russia in case of change of regime in Azerbaijan, in case of significant rise in the presence of the US and allies in the Black Sea, also in case of some internal processes in Turkey related to Kurdish problem, when Armenia’s closed border will begin hampering Ankara in its calculations. I deliberately did not mention the possible settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the fact associated with recognition of the Armenian genocide, internationally.”
E. GABRIELYAN
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