Armenia-Turkey negotiations aim to establish bilateral relations, RA President Serzh Sargsyan said at the joint press conference with his Croatian counterpart Stjepan Mesic.

Sargsyan stated that the two countries initiated a new phase of internal consultations over the issued Protocols (the ‘Protocol on the establishment of diplomatic relations’ and the ‘Protocol on the development of bilateral relations’).

According to him, “Extended discussions should be held to get the whole picture” before the actual ratification. “I am confident that presently everything depends on the foresight and will of political forces and first of all the leaders. Either we lay a road in the new South Caucasus or contradictions, distrust and enmity will aggravate in the region. I hope we will choose the right way,” emphasized Sargsyan.

RA President is on a 2-day official visit to Croatia.