France Urging to Continue Armenia-Turkey Dialogue

French presidential office has responded a move by Armenian President Serge Sargsyan and the parliamentary ruling coalition to suspend the ratification of the Armenia-Turkey Protocols.

“The French President got familiar with the statement by the President of the Republic of Armenia, Serge Sargsyan, over the process of establishing diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey and opening the border,” reads the statement.

Further it says that French President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes Sargsyan’s decision by which he reaffirms his commitment in favor of the Armenia-Turkey normalization despite the difficulties the two sides faced while in the process of ratifying the Protocols signed on October 10, 2009 in Zurich.

“France is urging on Armenian and Turkish authorities to continue the dialogue and double the efforts so that to quickly reach the implementation of the above-mentioned Protocols which will bring a significant contribution to peace and stability in the region.”