Samvel Nikoyan is not in the know
Deputy Speaker of the Armenian Parliament (National Assembly) Samvel Nikoyan is uncertain as to when the National Assembly will start discussions on the pre-signed Armenian-Turkish Protocols.
"I don't know if any decision has been made in this respect. I know that the National Assembly is going to hold hearings on the Protocols," Samvel Nikoyan said to A1+.
Under the NA time-limit, all international documents including the aforesaid Protocols must be presented to the National Assembly by Serzh Sargsyan, the NA Deputy Speaker says.
Remind that during a recent press conference in New York's Princeton University, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that the Armenian-Turkish Protocols would be presented in the Turkish Parliament on October 10-11 [on the eve of Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan's visit to Turkey].
In reply to A1+ whether the date is somehow connected with Serzh Sargsyan's visit, Mr. Nikoyan said: "I cannot say anything in this context as I am not acquainted with the legislations of the Turkish Parliament. I think the Armenian Parliament will discuss the Protocols either in a special sitting or during a four-day sitting."
Note that in his speech Erdoğan said that the both parliaments will hold discussions on the Protocols in October.
