YEREVAN. – One must be always cautious and careful while dealing with Turkey, Armenian PM said in the parliament.

Responding to the question by Free Democrats deputy Khachatur Kokobelyan, PM said he was not sure that signing of protocols was a right move.

“I am not sure whether signing of diplomatic protocols was a right move, unless perhaps we expected the documents to be ratified by Turkey's parliament. We wanted to get an alternative route to Europe via Turkey. The history proves that we must be cautious and vigilant with Turkey. But, I  think we still have expectations,” Abrahamyan said.  

In October 2009 Armenia and Turkey signed protocols in Zurich to normalize diplomatic relations between the states. The documents had to be ratified in both countries’ parliaments. However, in 2010 the Armenian president suspended the process due to Turkey’s non-constructive stance. Ankara set preconditions and linked the reconciliation process to resolution of the Karabakh conflict. Finally Turkey decided to remove the protocols from parliament’s agenda.