RA Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan hopes that Turkey will adhere to the spirit and letter of Armenia-Turkey Protocols signed in Zurich October 10, he said at the Jan.21 meeting with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.

The regulation of Armenia-Turkey relations’ normalization without preconditions was in focus, RA Parliament PR and information department informed NEWS.am. The RA Speaker informed Semneby about his Nov. 23, 2009 meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mehmet Ali Sahin in the course of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Summit in Moscow.

Abrahamyan also touched upon Protocols’ ratification process in Armenia that is underway due to predetermined procedure and without unnecessary protraction. RA Speaker underlined that Turkish side should adhere to Protocols’ ratification and implementation, refraining from any steps aimed at failing the process. Otherwise, Armenian side is ready to undertake appropriate steps.

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