Despite recent developments in Armenia-Turkey relations, the Protocols signed between the countries may survive, Today’s Zaman says.

According to the Turkish daily, Thomas de Waal a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace considers that it is useful for both states to take small steps. “Then there will be tangible progress that will sustain the atmosphere of good will,” the daily quotes de Waal as saying. The analyst reckons that if the countries stop now they would loose a brilliant opportunity “risking ending up in a worse place than before,” the source reads.

In his interview with Today’s Zaman, Professor Peter Rutland from Wesleyan University, stated he does not considers there is anything in the RA Constitutional Court’s ruling that should prevent Protocols’ ratification. “Armenians fear that restoring diplomatic relations might mean forgetting what for them is the Genocide of 1915; Turks and Azerbaijanis fear that diplomatic ties might mean forgetting the Armenian occupation of Azerbaijan’s territory,” the source quotes analyst.