Oct 04 2009
Protocols and parliament: Debate on Armenia-Turkey deal reaches NA’s forum
Source. Armenianow.com, 02.10.2009
Gayane Mkrtchyan
President Serzh Sargsyan’s majority coalition in the National Assembly defended his continuing policy of rapprochement with Turkey as the issue came up for discussion at a special parliamentary hearing on Thursday.
Addressing an audience that also included non-parliamentary politicians, academicians and experts, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan stressed that Armenia initiated normalization with Turkey based on the understanding that it will proceed without preconditions.