ArmInfo. The speech of the Armenian leader of the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan at the Munich security conference in Turkey amounted to the fact that the Armenian-Turkish punctures have no more meaning for Armenia. On February 19, at the press conference in Yerevan, the head of the Hay Dat office and on the political issues of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Kiro Manoyan stated.
According to him, the Armenian president hinted that in a couple of weeks these agreements will be withdrawn and become nothing more than just paper. "Sargsyan's speech was that, given the fact that Ankara, after signing the Zurich protocols, put forward conditions that were not negotiated in the agreement initially and is not ready to normalize without these preconditions, it is pointless to continue to keep these documents on the agenda of negotiations. made it clear that if Ankara intends to normalize relations with Yerevan only after resolving the issue around Karabakh, then this issue will be discussed on entirely new terms and a new document, "Manoyan said.
Note that speaking at the Munich Security Conference, RA President Serzh Sargsyan recalled that almost thirty years later Turkey continues to keep a closed border with Armenia. "I can say with certainty that Armenia has done everything to overcome this situation and the process of regulating relations between Armenia and Turkey that started by my initiative could create new opportunities for both our countries and the entire region." However, signed in 2009 between Armenia and Turkey, the protocols remained on paper, Turkey not only did not ratify them, but also put forward preconditions that had nothing to do with the protocols.This was nothing other than the failure of the historic opportunity. jan Turkey in the issue of the establishment of relations with Armenia, as many of us are trying to convince. None.
The main obstacle is "The lack of political will among the leaders of Turkey," Sargsyan said, according to which protocols were negotiated, based on the existing conditions. "If Turkey wants to wait for other conditions and then ratify the protocols, it is deeply mistaken. In the new conditions, negotiations on a new document should be conducted. Armenia does not speak the language of preconditions, but does not accept any preconditions from anyone, "the Armenian leader summed up.
Earlier, Sargsyan stated that the Armenian-Turkish protocols will be annulled this spring due to the lack of progress in the negotiation process.