“Turkey will advance Azerbaijan’s interests within the format of its negotiations with Armenia for normal relations and open borders, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a televised address to the nation,” Tehran Times informs.

“I believe that this process will end up with a happy ending for Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia and this issue, which had become gangrenous, will be removed from history,” he added.

“Erdogan described the protocols, which require Armenia to agree to a series of Turkish preconditions on the Armenian Genocide and borders, ‘were a signal to resolve problems’,” Tehran Times informs referring to the Anatolian News Agency.

“These protocols will take effect after the Turkish parliament ratifies it,” he said. “We will continue our talks to settle problems between the two countries and bring our relations to a neighborly course,” Erdogan underlined.

“Erdogan said that Turkey was refreshing and changing its relations with the world, adding that Turkey would continue talks with Armenia to settle problems,” Tehran Times reports.

Turkey and Armenia declared August 31 on start of internal political consultations on the Initialed Protocols to normalize relations between the two countries. The consultations were said to be over in six weeks. Turkish PM stated it is possible that the documents will be signed in Zurich October 10-11 to be latter submitted for ratification in the parliaments. Legislative bodies of Armenia and Turkey held hearings on the issue.