Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 10 / Trend R.Hafizoglu /
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Adviser on Eurasia Geybulla Ramazanoglu believes although the Armenian President sent the Armenian-Turkish protocol to the parliament for ratification, there will be no advances in the Ankara-Yerevan relations unless the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is resolved.
"No advances will be in the Ankara-Yerevan relations, without solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem," he told Trend over the telephone today. "Sargsyan's this step is another political maneuver."
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has today tasked its administration to send the Armenian-Turkish protocol to the parliament for ratification in the coming days.
The Armenian President informed about this in his speech at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, the Mediamax special correspondent reported from London.
Feb.9, Sargsyan addressed to his Turkish Counterpart Abdullah Gul, urging Ankara to respect the reached agreements.
The official said even if the Armenian Parliament ratifies the protocols, Ankara is hardly to take the same step.
"Sending the protocols to the parliament, the Armenian president wants to clarify Ankara's next steps," he said.
Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers, Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward Nalbandian, signed the Ankara-Yerevan protocols in Zurich Oct. 10.
After his official visit to Moscow, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Ankara that although some claims that the Turkey-Armenia relations are not related to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, this process is directly related to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.
Jan.12, 2009, the Armenian Constitutional Court approved the compliance of the Ankara-Yerevan protocols with the Armenian Constitution. However, after the approval the court reported that creation of a joint commission to study the 1915 events is unnecessary and Armenian will never refuse from the demand to recognize the genocide.
Erdogan warned that if the Armenian Constitutional Court does not reverse its decision on the protocols, the relations between Ankara and Yerevan may erode.
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