Top Armenian court to mull Turkey accord Jan. 12
Armenia’s Constitutional Court is scheduled to review the protocols
on normalizing relations with Turkey on January 12, local media
quoted its spokesman Ovannes Papikyan as saying.
Papikyan said that judge Vladimir Ovannisyan, who will report on the matter to the country’s top court, has studied respective documents and submitted his conclusions to its chairman Gagik Arutunyan.
Turkey and Armenia do not have diplomatic relations and face long-standing hostility. Armenia's occupation of the territories of Azerbaijan, Turkey’s ally, and Yerevan’s claims on the alleged World War I-era genocide have been obstacles to normal relations between the two countries. On October 10, in Zurich, the two governments signed two protocols to establish diplomatic relations and reopen their borders, in a bid to normalize ties. Under Armenia’s Constitution, the country’s president has sent the protocols to the Constitutional Court. If approved, the documents will be submitted to parliament, which will then be in charge of their approval.
Ratification of the protocols may face roadblocks in Turkey. Turkish officials have pledged that the border will not open until the Armenia-Azerbaijan dispute has been fairly settled and ruled out their approval in the Grand National Assembly before progress is made in the conflict resolution.*
Papikyan said that judge Vladimir Ovannisyan, who will report on the matter to the country’s top court, has studied respective documents and submitted his conclusions to its chairman Gagik Arutunyan.
Turkey and Armenia do not have diplomatic relations and face long-standing hostility. Armenia's occupation of the territories of Azerbaijan, Turkey’s ally, and Yerevan’s claims on the alleged World War I-era genocide have been obstacles to normal relations between the two countries. On October 10, in Zurich, the two governments signed two protocols to establish diplomatic relations and reopen their borders, in a bid to normalize ties. Under Armenia’s Constitution, the country’s president has sent the protocols to the Constitutional Court. If approved, the documents will be submitted to parliament, which will then be in charge of their approval.
Ratification of the protocols may face roadblocks in Turkey. Turkish officials have pledged that the border will not open until the Armenia-Azerbaijan dispute has been fairly settled and ruled out their approval in the Grand National Assembly before progress is made in the conflict resolution.*
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