Turkish parliament will not pass these protocols as easily as in Yerevan, said political scientist Fikret Sadikhov.
“The hasty decision by the Armenian Constitutional Court to approve the Turkish-Armenian protocols signed in Zurich proved the Armenians’ intention to open borders with Turkey. However, these protocols are not so vital for Turkey. Turkey is able to live and develop without the ratification of the protocols,” political scientist Fikret Sadikhov said at a meeting of political scientists in the Novosti international press centre on Friday.
“The fact that Serzh Sargsyan got the decision of the Constitutional Court despite the unwillingness of part of the political establishment of Armenia and the diaspora shows the difficult condition of Armenia’s economic and foreign policy which Sargsyan hopes to improve through improving ties with Turkey. Meanwhile, these protocols are merely rhetoric for Azerbaijan as they do not reflect Azerbaijan and its problems,” he said.
According to Sadikhov, the Turkish parliament will not pass these protocols easily. “The pro-Azerbaijani positions are strong in the Turkish parliament, two Turkish parties represented in parliament speak in support of Azerbaijan’s position on the Karabakh issue and I do hope that the Turkish parliament will not ratify the protocols until Armenia withdraws from the occupied Azerbaijani lands,” he said.
He thinks that if the Turks yield to external pressure and ratify the Zurich protocols, this will affect Azerbaijani interests as it will hamper the peaceful withdrawal of Armenia’s occupying troops from Karabakh.
