Turkey’s present policy of normalizing relations with Armenia inspires no optimism, RA President Serzh Sargsyan told a press conference after his talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, this Tuesday.

“There are no Armenian-Turkish relations, and, unfortunately, this new way inspires no optimism. In 2008 we initiated a reconciliation process with Turkey, realizing that the relations might be established provided that political will was displayed,” the President said. According to him, Turkey lacked political will. “We saw the Turkish Parliament did not ratify the Armenian-Turkish Protocols. So we suspended the ratification process,” Serzh Sargsyan stated.

He also pointed out that Turkey’s present policy does not contribute to the bilateral normalization.