ArmInfo. Armenia fully complied with its obligations under the Armenian-Turkish protocols to normalize relations, and expected the same from Turkey, said Acting Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, at a meeting with Turkish journalists who arrived in Armenia to cover the early parliamentary elections Turkish media reported.
"We are ready to normalize relations with Turkey without preconditions, but in this aspiration we seem to be alone. We differentiate Armenian-Turkish relations from other processes.
All other issues associated with this process are preconditions. Armenian-Turkish relations have a different logic, and these relations should be viewed in this prism ", Mnatsakanyan said. Referring to the Karabakh settlement. He stressed that it should be achieved on the basis of mutual compromises, adding that since May of the current year the government has come a new government, Armenia is actively involved in this process. "It is impossible to achieve progress on this issue through pressure or unilateral influence," Mnatsakanyan said, assuring that both the negotiations and the work of the parties are observed He reiterated the position of the Armenian side on an exceptional peaceful solution to the conflict. "The main thing is that the parties make efforts to reduce tensions and eliminate the environment of hatred. The priority for Armenia is the security and status of Karabakh", Mnatsakanyan concluded.