Yerevan holds the initiative in Armenia-Turkey relations and recent events strikingly prove this, Republican Party faction Secretary Eduard Sharmazanov said in the RA Parliament on Feb. 23, speaking of recent message to RA President Serzh Sargsyan by his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul and Sargsyan’s speech in Chatham House.

“RA President’s statement was an alert to international community and Turkey that Ankara’s actions should suit to the word. Serzh Sargsyan’s speech in London was the one of a regional leader, aimed at protection of Armenians and Armenia’s interests,” Sharmazanov declared. He restated Republican Party’s stance that Armenia should ratify the Protocols only after Turkey does.

Touching upon Karabakh issue, Sharmazanov advised Azerbaijani authorities to come to their senses and realize that “rather the world will turn tits up, than Nagorno-Karabakh will become a part of Azerbaijan.”

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