Armenian National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan met Monday with his Turkish counterpart Mehmet Ali Sahin on the sidelines of PABSEC plenary session in Moscow to exchange views on the process of normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations.

The two men assessed highly presidential efforts to establish ties and agreed to encourage contacts between members of Armenian and Turkish parliaments.

At that, Mr. Abrahamyan stressed the necessity of ratification of the Armenian-Turkish protocols within reasonable terms.