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Edward Nalbandian: â€œArmenian-Turkish negotiations can break upâ€

22 January 2010 10:51 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. â€œArmenian-Turkish negotiations on normalization of relations can break up due to Turkeyâ€™s unwillingness to establish relationsâ€, said Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandian in a press conference in Yerevan, APA reports. He said if Turkey was not ready for ratification of the protocols, conducted negotiations under the conditions and coordinated the normalization process with other issues, it would tackle the process. â€œIt can not be ruled out that the negotiations will break up in this caseâ€.

According to the decision of the Armenian Constitutional Court, the protocols can not be commented in contrary to the preamble of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, which contains territorial claims against Turkey and calls eastern provinces of Turkey as â€œWestern Armeniaâ€. At the same time, the declaration urges the Armenian state to achieve international recognition of false and fabricated â€œArmenian genocideâ€. The government of Turkey called this decision unacceptable.