Russian political analyst Vladimir Zakharov said that he considers Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's statement on freezing the Armenian-Turkish process to be a correct step. It was a wise step by the Armenian leadership, Zakharov told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. "If Turkey makes up its mind to continue the negotiations, the process will resume, but without any preconditions. And Turkey will do so, as it is demanded by the U.S.," the Russian expert said. According to him, Ankara should be less guided by its "Azerbaijani friends" and should continue the Armenian-Turkish process without preconditions.

At the same time, Zakharov agreed with many experts' opinion that Turkey does not know what it wants of Armenia.

Referring to possible continuation of the process, the Russian expert said that the world is changing so rapidly that the process may resume in a couple of days or a month. "Nobody can predict it. And only one thing is clear – the same process cannot be continued, as all the achievements were nullified due Turkey's efforts," said Zakharov. According to him, the Armenian-Turkish normalization should be started from scratch.

On April 22, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on termination of the procedure on ratification of the Armenian-Turkish Protocols signed in Zurich on October 10, 2009.