RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan is sure Armenia is not linking normalization of its relations with Turkey with the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process. The Minister also trusts the OSCE MG Co-Chairing countries. “I am sure that the entire world views it this way,” Nalbandyan told a news conference today.

If Turkey views the process is a different way, it does not mean anything. He regards as erroneous the opinion that the Protocols on establishing Armenian-Turkish diplomatic relations mention the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process. “The Nagorno-Karabakh peace process is within the OSCE Minsk Group, and Armenia cannot accept Turkey’s mediation,” the Minister said. Nalbandyan stated that the Protocol fixes clear terms, and the entire world expects the sides to honor the agreements. “We will see if Turkey will honor the agreements,” he said.

On August 31, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Ministries of Armenia and Turkey issued a press release, which says: "The Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Turkey have agreed to start their internal political consultations on two protocols – the ‘Protocol on the establishment of diplomatic relations’ and the ‘Protocol on the development of bilateral relations’ – which have been initiated in the course of their efforts under Swiss mediation.