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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu

YEREVAN (Tert.am), April 19–The opening of Armenia-Turkey border without the ratification of the Armenia-Turkey Protocols is not included in the political agenda of Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said after a meeting with the Iraqi Vice-President Tariq Hashim in Ankara and before his visit to Baku.

“In that way Mr. Sargsyan [meaning Sahakyan] has expressed his hopes and expectations. No such issue of opening the Armenia-Turkey border without the ratification of the Protocols is included in Turkey’s agenda,” Turkish Anadolu news agency quotes Davutoglu as saying in reference to the recent viewpoints expressed by Galust Sahakyan, the Deputy President of the Republican Party of Armenia.

On April 15, Galust Sahakyan said that the Armenia-Turkey rapprochement is not limited to the ratification of the Protocols.

“The border may open before the Protocols are ratified,” Sahakyan had said, adding that it was his version of the current situation.