Hopes of Armenian leadership that Turkey will have ratified Protocols by 24 April are illusory, since Turkey is not the country which can be pressed by the Armenian Genocide issue, Stepan Safaryan , head of the Heritage parliamentary group told a joint news conference with MP from the Republican Party of Armenia group Karen Avagyan in Yerevan.

According to Safaryan, the U.S. is very interested in success of Armenian-Turkish rapprochement. Turkey has made clear to the United States, if the pressure increases the Turkish side can opt out of the Armenia-Turkey rapprochement. According to him, Armenia shoud not hope, that U.S. by threatening Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide will compel them to ratify the Protocols. Moreover, the visit of the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan to the U.S. and his meeting with Barack Obama have already been scheduled for April 14.

According to Karen Avagyan, if Turkey fails ratification of Armenia-Turkey Protocols, a new wave of Genocide recognition will start around the world.