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The National Assembly’s 10th session of the 4th sitting began today. At the start of the session, Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun, or ARF-D) MP Armen Rustamyan and Heritage Party MP Armen Martirosyan suggested parliamentary speaker Hovik Abrahamyan (pictured) appeal to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan with a proposal to recall the Armenia-Turkey Protocols from parliament.
The National Assembly chair, however, suggested the parliament wait till Turkey’s government takes certain steps. According to Abrahamyan, only when there are no appropriate steps taken by Turkey will Armenia do something about it.
In October 2009, Armenia and Turkey made history when the two neighboring states signed protocols on normalizing relations; however, both countries have yet to ratify the agreement. Recall, Turkey’s newly elected parliament withdrew the protocols from its agenda late August this year.