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    ANKARA SHOULD REALIZE THAT PROTOCOLS AREN'T ENDLESS OPPORTUNITY, SAYS SERZH SARGSYAN

    Tert.am
    18:47 30.08.11

    Turkey should realize that the Armenia-Turkey Protocols are not an
    endless opportunity, Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan has said at
    a consultation with the heads of the country's foreign diplomatic
    missions.

    "Many of our friends would advise us to wait until the parliamentary
    elections in Turkey. So, we will see in the coming months if there
    is any change of stance in Turkey after the parliamentary elections,"
    said Sargsyan, adding that Armenia will decide on the future of those
    documents based on how things will unveil further.

    Sargsyan also said that the recent two months do not leave room for
    optimism when it comes to the ratification of those documents.

    Turkey and Armenia signed two protocols in 2009 to establish diplomatic
    relations and open the border, but last year Yerevan halted the
    process after Ankara linked their ratification to the settlement of
    the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    Sargsyan further said that Armenia's initiative of reconciliation
    with Turkey raised Yerevan's international credits and dispersed the
    perceptions about the new and modern Turkey.

    "It might seem to many people that we should regret for having taken
    up the initiative of normalizing the Armenia-Turkey relations because
    Turkey backtracked on its obligations, while we wasted a huge political
    capital," said Sargsyan.

    "I think those present in this hall understand that that initiative
    raised Armenia's international credits and dispersed our partners'
    perceptions about the new and modern Turkey, revealing the modern
    displays of the [Turkish] politics that has been recognizable for
    Armenians through historical experience," Sargsyan added.

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