Turkey's PM: Armenian-Turkish Protocols contain no preconditions

PanARMENIAN.Net - Despite Turkey's numerous statements that normalization of relations with Armenia is impossible unless the Nagorno Karabakh is settled, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan for the first time announced said that the Armenian-Turkish Protocols contain no preconditions.



"Making such statement after a meeting with the U.S. President, Erdogan reiterated what Armenia and the OSCE Minsk Group have been speaking about for months," said Eduard Sharmazanov, secretary of Republican Party of Armenia parliamentary group.



Commenting on the timing of protocols' ratification in the Turkish Parliament, Mr. Sharmazanov reiterated that in case of unjustified delays the Armenian side will take relevant steps. "Ratification of the protocols by the National Assembly of Armenia would require several months and it will happen in 2010," he said.



Sharmazanov reiterated that Armenia is the guarantor of security of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic and will not make any unilateral concessions.