Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan did not have a meeting with Turkey’ Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Kiev, RA Presidential Press Service said while commenting on Turkish media reports. Both the Armenian President and the Turkish FM attended the inauguration ceremony of Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich in Kiev. During the reception following the ceremony Ahmet Davutoglu approached the Armenian President and exchanged views with him. Sargsyan stressed that political will is required to register progress, and Armenia believes that the present process needs be brought to its logical end in the shortest period of time otherwise Armenia will have to withdraw its signature from the Armenian-Turkish protocols. The Armenian President reiterated that Turkey can by no means be involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, as it is rendering unilateral military assistance to one of the conflicting parties – Azerbaijan and making regular biased statements on the settlement process. "A country dreaming of a region without borders must be the first to make steps and lift the blockade of Armenia, which will enable to reopen the region’s communication and transport infrastructures. If Azerbaijan’s pressure prevents the Turkish Parliament from ratifying the protocols, nothing may prevent the Turkish executive body- even before the ratification of the protocols- from reopening the border, which it closed before," said Sargsyan. By the way, the Turkish Milliyet, when adverting to the dialog, wrote that the Armenian President threatened “on his feet.” “Sargsyan threatened to recall his signature from the protocols in the event if the Turkish side doesn’t ratify the protocols within short period of time.”
