YEREVAN. – The Caucasus region cannot be viewed without considering the relations of Greece and Armenia with Turkey.

Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian stated the aforementioned at Friday’s joint news conference with the visiting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece, Nikolaos Kotzias, in capital city Yerevan.  

When asked about the chances of normalization of relations between Yerevan and Ankara, the Armenian FM reminded the Armenian president’s initiative toward normalizing these ties.

“But Turkey refused to fulfill the agreements, despite the signed protocols,” added Nalbandian. “In fact, it disregarded the most important precept of international relations: respecting the agreements.

“Armenia is open to the normalization of relations without preconditions. [And] we hope that Turkey likewise will start to think so and respect the agreements that were reached with other countries.”