Turkey’s joining to OSCE Minsk Group as a Co-Chair is ruled out. This was repeatedly stated by the RA President Serzh Sargsyan and Foreign Minister, RA FM said in the interview with Armenian Public Television.

Commenting on the remark that there are pre-conditions in Armenia-Turkey Protocols, Nalbandian stated: "If so, why Turkey did not ratify the documents. I believe no-one excepts for several Armenian oppositionists beholds preconditions in the Protocols. Even Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there were no preconditions in the documents. Turkish opposition also criticized the authorities, saying “they held talks badly, Protocols contain no preconditions and signed them without the provisions, Turkey sought to see. They cannot be ratified until the preconditions are appended.”

Asked about the current stage of Karabakh peace process, considering that Azerbaijan constantly seeks to change the OSCE MG format, RA FM replied: “Azerbaijan criticizes both Armenia and OSCE MG Co-Chairs – U.S., Russia, France, at times EU and even its close ally Turkey. Azerbaijan seeks the guilty for failures in its policy, trying to shift the blame on others. As for the peace process, it takes its course,” Nalbandian stressed.

L.A.