Armenia should keep on pursuing its initiative policy on Armenia-Turkey normalization process, RA NA Vice-Speaker and Republican Party member Samvel Nikoyan told journalists on Feb. 16. Saying initiative, Nikoyan meant that Armenia should not wait for Turkey’s steps in this stage of normalization and should introduce the Protocols to RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations for discussion.

Nikoyan also sees two other scenarios of the documents’ ratification. Under the first one, Armenia should wait for Turkey to ratify the Protocols first, whereas the second implies the documents’ simultaneous ratification by both Parliaments. However, the second scenario is unlikely, as the procedures in two Parliaments differ, Nikoyan informed.

February 15, RA National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan introduced Armenia-Turkey Protocols on the normalization of relations to the RA Parliament.

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