MFA: Next match will take place when Turkey is well-trained

Armenia had to suspend the process of ratification of the protocols with Turkey, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan told the Segodnya Ukrainian news center.

“We are ready to advance. The ball is in Turkey’s field. The next match will take place when Turkey is well-trained,” Nalbandyan said.

According to the Minister, Armenian President’s initiative on normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations had no preconditions.

“We launched this process with the very agreement. We agreed on initiation of protocols on establishment of diplomatic relations and development of mutual relations. The protocols were signed in October 2009 in Zurich. However, Turkey, referring to a third country said it could not ratify the protocols. In a few months Turkey proved to be speaking the language of preconditions in connection with the Armenian Genocide, just like before the negotiations. The second precondition related to the Nagorno Karabakh settlement. Turkey demanded that we resolve the problem to continue negotiating with us. And we can tell Turkey to resolve the Cyprus issue, to normalize the relations with Kurds, and only then we will talk…,” Nalbandyan said in his remarks.