Ankara may delay Protocol ratification on account of opposition's dissatisfaction

PanARMENIAN.Net - Both Armenia and Turkey have unequivocal approach to Armenian-Turkish rapprochement. Turkish political forces' approach is based on the given party's ideology, Turkish Studies expert Ruben Melkonyan told a press conference in Yerevan. "Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu has already met with several political forces. Meetings clearly showed that party leaders mainly have negative attitude to Armenian-Turkish rapprochement and border opening," expert said.



In his opinion, Turkish leadership is secretly elaborating the next scenario, i.e. it is delaying Protocol ratification on account of opposition's dissatisfaction. "Ankara may suspend the process unless it sees positive signs in Karabakh process. Ruling AKP party makes up majority in Parliament so ratification should be no problem. But I don't rule out the possibility that some AKP members will make tough statements to hamper ratification process," Melkonyan stressed.