Svante Cornell: Even if Armenian parliament ratifies the protocols, one can hardly expect same response from Turkish Parliament

Even if the Armenian parliament ratifies the Armenian-Turkish protocols, we can hardly expect an equivalent response from the Turkish parliament, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University Director Svante Cornell said.

"Even if the Armenian parliament ratifies the Armenian-Turkish protocols, we can hardly expect an equivalent response from the Turkish Parliament, as the ratification of the protocol by Turkey is directly linked to advances in resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," the expert said.

According to Cornell, one must take into account the fact that if the Armenian parliament ratified the protocols, it will be another step to increase pressure on Turkey, which Yerevan seeks.

"Pressure on Turkey will grow, but despite this, Ankara is unlikely to continue the process of normalization of the Turkey-Armenia relations without solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," he said.

/Trend News/