Experiencing a large number of domestic problems, Turkey is still trying to gain regional influence, said Gagik Harutyunyan, head of Noravank foundation.
“As to Armenia, it has made two brilliant moves recently: former President Robert Kocharian’s visit to Iran and the ruling of the Constitutional Court,” he told a joint news conference with director of RA NAS Institute of Oriental Studies, prof. Ruben Safrastyan.
Commenting on the Armenian-Turkish process, he described it as “stagnant but not in deadlock”.
Echoing the opinion, prof. Safrastyan added that “Turkey is just trying to gain time. “The Turkish parliamentary committee on foreign affairs is likely to debate Protocols in April,” he said.
The Protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of the border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of diplomatic talks held through Swiss mediation.
On January 12, 2010, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia found the protocols conformable to the country’s Organic Law.
