Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said U.S. President Barack Obama refrained from using the term “Genocide,” as he is aware of Turkey’s sensitivity towards the matter.

He noted that some politicians accused him of violating Azerbaijan’s interests in the Armenian-Turkish normalization.

“The Armenian-Turkish Protocols sent to the parliament will not be ratified unless Azerbaijan and Armenia establish peace. I told Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan about this as well,” Turkish media quoted Erdogan as saying.