The Armenian ruling coalition’s initiative to remove the Armenian-Turkish protocols from the Parliament’s agenda is an advisable, but a belated and half-hearted step, Armen Martirosyan, Board Chairman, Heritage Party, told NEWS.am.

He stressed that Armenia must withdraw its signature from the protocols to prove its integral position. “If a new process is initiated in the future, it must only concern the establishment of diplomat relations and reopening of borders – all the other issues must be discussed afterwards. But the Armenian-Turkish protocols contained at least two preconditions, namely, the recognition of the modern Turkiosh-Armenian border and consideration of the issue of the Armenian Genocide from the scientific, rather than political aspect. Ankara only failed to implement its third precondition, the one related to Nagorno-Karabakh,” Martirosyan said.

According to him, the international community is unlikely to accuse Armenia of “destructivism.” “The international community is well aware of the great tolerance shown by Armenia in the Armenian-Turkish process,” he said. Martirosyan pointed out that that Armenia must first of all give priority to its national interests. He stressed that Turkey is unlikely to manipulate this statement, as it clearly says that the process will be resumed as soon as Ankara is ready.

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