Armenia to respond if Turkey spins out ratification

At today’s 12th Congress of the Republican Party, Armenia’s President Serge Sargsyan said the signed protocols and reconciliation with Turkey do not mean Armenia will declare off the matter of international recognition of Genocide.

“On the contrary, the process of recognition may increase after reconciliation both inside Turkey and all around the world,” said Serge Sargsyan who is the Republican Party’s chairman.

He added Armenia shouldn’t avoid and be afraid of relations with Turkey: “However, we have never had political head-to-head relations with Turkey. I agree that Turkey is a strong county with peculiar diplomacy but this doesn’t matter we should not contact with this country. Believe me, we study and are doing well, so we are not the same we were a year ago.”

The reconciliation between the two countries will contribute to the development for both countries and will make peace and stabilize the region, he said. “We can certainly state that the ‘ice’ in relations has been broken and we are having way on, although we are at the beginning of the process and are waiting for ratification for Armenian-Turkish protocols. This movement will contribute to the political and economical development and making peace in the region and stabilization.”

“This process [ratification by both Parliaments] demands on a sense of responsibility and commitment to the reached agreements. Principles of settling the relations in reasonable time rule here, so if Turkey spins out the ratification then, as I’ve already told, Armenia will immediately appeal to the suitable international law.”

Armenia’s President has also appealed to Armenian Constitutional Court to consider whether Armenian-Turkish protocols match with Armenia’s Constitution, besides.