YEREVAN—Although the Constitutional Court ruled that the Armenian-Turkish protocols are in line with the Armenian Constitution, the ruling contains several positive elements, said Vahan Hovhannesian, a member of the ARF Bureau and leader of the ARF faction in parliament, during a news conference on Jan. 14.
The Constitutional Court ruling holds that the subject of the protocols is the establishment of relations between Armenia and Turkey, and that all the other issues derive from that subject, so they should be based on additional agreements, Hovhannesian said, according to Yerkir.
He added that concerns regarding the Artsakh (Karabagh) issue and the Armenian-Azerbaijani settlement are now off the agenda as the Court ruling underlines that the protocols have nothing to do with third countries.
As for the recognition of the border, Hovhannesian said he was not satisfied with the Court’s formulation that “the borders are not recognized through protocols because, under the Armenian law, borders are defined by international treaties.”
“So the issue of the border remains open,” Hovhannesian said.
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