Ankara will try to drag out ratification of Armenian-Turkish protocols till 2015, 100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide, according to a political analyst at European Integration NGO.

“The protocols will be turned into a subject of gambling,” Manvel Ghumashyan told a news conference in Yerevan.

The expert had low expectations as to the possibility for re-inclusion of Armenian-Turkish protocols on Turkey’s parliament agenda to normalize ties. “Armenia-Turkey rapprochement will depend on the response of international community and regional developments,” the expert said.

Turkey’s Council of Ministers returned Armenian-Turkish protocols on parliament agenda, as a “gesture of good will to Armenia”. In late August, Turkey’s Grand National Assembly withdrew 898 bills, including the Armenian-Turkish protocols signed in 2009, from the agenda. At the time, Turkish parliament considered that the issue of opening of border with Armenia is no longer actual for the country’s political course.