Sargsyan-Erdogan meeting in Washington offered an opportunity for Armenian side to have coherent idea of Ankara’s stance on rapprochement and reassure Yerevan’s accurate estimates. “We are now more confident in expediency of our further steps and approaches. Whenever the President sees fit, he will make the relevant decisions public,” minister added.

In addition, Turkish Premier tried to raise Karabakh issue, but got an adequate response that Armenia-Turkey reconciliation cannot be linked with Karabakh peace process, Nalbandian told Armenian journalists in Washington.

“There are no grounds to discuss Karabakh issue with Turkey. Firstly, Ankara cannot mediate Karabakh peace process, secondly Yerevan will make no concessions to normalize relations with Turkey,” he noted. Nalbandian stated that linkage of the processes will hamper both, and this opinion is shared by OSCE MG Co-Chairs as well.

“If Turkey miscalculated, it’s their affair. If Ankara changed its stance after Protocols’ signing we should also make relevant conclusions and wonder whether other party is the right partner for dialogue continuation,” the Minister said. According to him, if Turkey indeed has no intention to kill the process, it should show readiness to ratify and implement the Protocols, as well as normalize relations with Armenia without preconditions not to fall short of international community’s expectations.

Recently, Armenia cozied up to the U.S. and a high-level dialogue was established. RA President’s meetings with President Obama and Secretary Clinton allowed for the dialogue continuation, discussion of Armenia-Turkey reconciliation as well as Karabakh issue, RA FM stated.