ArmInfo. The Armenian-Turkish protocols were more favorable to Armenia than Turkey; Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmet Yildiz is convinced.
At the journalists' request to comment on the denunciation of the Zurich protocols by Armenia, in particular, he stated: "Despite the fact that the Zurich protocols signed between Turkey and Armenia did not come into force, this step of the Armenian side on the eve of the elections was unpleasant. These years they have shown unwillingness to resolve the Karabakh conflict, so they once again demonstrate their position. We primarily want them to withdraw their troops. This was the key to solving the conflict but they did not want it," the Turkish diplomat concluded, APA reports.
On March 1, 2018, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan at a meeting of the Security Council announced the withdrawal of the Armenian-Turkish protocols.
In the second half of 2017, the President of Armenia from the rostrum of the UN General Assembly declared that Armenia will meet the spring of 2018 without the Armenian-Turkish protocols, since there is no positive progress in their implementation.