Statement by the Political Coalition
JOINT STATEMENT BY THE POLITICAL COUNCILS OF THE PARTIES FORMING THE POLITICAL COALITION IN THE RA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
In the last two years, the RA President has taken consistent steps toward establishing and developing Turkish-Armenian relations without preconditions with support from the political majority of the RA National Assembly.
The US, the Russian Federation, France and Switzerland actively contributed to the process and many countries of the world gave a positive response to the initiative, stressing its exceptional importance for establishing stability in the region and solving current issues through civilized dialogue.
Armenia's constructive efforts and the international community's expectations clashed with Turkey's inconsistent and dodging positions, its ongoing policy on setting preconditions which led the process of ratifying the Turkey-Armenia Protocols signed on 2009 October 10 in Zurich in a reasonable timeframe into a labyrinth.
The majority of the RA National Assembly does not accept Turkey's announcements, particularly the latest announcements by Prime Minister Erdogan according to which the Turkish parliament continues to directly link the ratification of the Turkey-Armenia Protocols with the settlement of the conflict between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh.
Taking into account that Turkey's refusal to meet the commitments of ratifying the Protocols without preconditions and in a reasonable timeframe makes it senseless to continue the process of ratification at the RA National Assembly, the majority deems it necessary to decree a moratorium and, as an issue of necessity, take the discussion of the issue out of the agenda of the National Assembly's four-day sessions until the Turkish side is ready to continue the process without preconditions.
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA
"BARGAVACH HAYASTAN" (PROSPEROUS ARMENIA) PARTY
"ORINATS YERKIR" (COUNTRY OF LAW) PARTY
