YEREVAN.- Experience shows that it is difficult to reach an arrangement with Turkey, Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian said during a press conference with his Uruguayan counterpart Luis Almagro.

Commenting on the recent statement of Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu on relations with neighbors, Nalbandian noted there are not three, but twice as many states, Turkey has bad relations with.

“Turkey has no relations with two countries out of six. Trying to have zero problems with neighbors Turkey has recently increased the number of problems,” he emphasized.

Despite the difficulties created by Turkey during the normalization process, Armenia has came to an agreement and signed the protocols. Ankara refused to honor the reached agreement and ratify the documents.

“I think Davutoglu’s comments are inaccurate,” he added.

In October 2009 Armenia and Turkey signed protocols in Zurich to normalize diplomatic relations between the states. The documents had to be ratified in both countries’ parliaments. However, in 2010 the Armenian president suspended the process due to Turkey’s non-constructive stance. Ankara set preconditions and linked the reconciliation process to resolution of the Karabakh conflict. Turkey decided to remove the protocols from parliament’s agenda.

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