Normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey is important not only for both countries  but the region and Europe on the whole, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said in his speech in PACE.

The Armenian leader noted that Turkey did not honor its commitments which made impossible ratification of the protocols and implementation of the signed Armenian-Turkish accords.

President Sargsyan stressed that Armenia had initiated the normalization process with good intentions under the circumstances when “Turkey not only refuses to recognize the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire but, moreover, pursues denial policy”.      

Nevertheless, the Armenian side will not leave the problem to future generations.

“Normalization of relations is important not only to Armenia and Turkey, but the region and Europe to establish cooperation and security. Armenia’s blockade must be stopped,” he said.