YEREVAN. – Unless there was a factor of Azerbaijan, Armenia-Turkey protocols would have been ratified, President Serzh Sargsyan said during “At the Foot of Ararat” media forum in Yerevan. (photos)

Answering to Turkey's Zaman newspaper correspondent, President Sargsyan said the factor of Azerbaijan is a constant pressure on Turkish leadership.

“Several yeas ago Ilham Aliyev declared policy of isolating Armenia. He naturally takes considerable efforts for this, and response of this policy is somehow visible in Turkey,” the Armenian leader added

According to the President, by withdrawing the Armenian-Turkish protocols from the parliament, he “neither killed them, nor closed the window for reconciliation.” 

“This is - not a legal act, but a political one. With this step, I would like to once again draw attention of the Turkish authorities to this fact,” he added.

Photo by Arsen Sargsyan /NEWS.am