TEPAV Foreign Policy Analyst Burcu Gültekin Punsmann evaluated the decision of the Turkish government in late August that declared the Armenian-Turkish protocols null and void.
Armenian government’s reaction on protocols will be significant in the near future, senior analyst at Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey Burcu Gultekin-Punsmann told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Initiative on return of protocols to the parliament hasn’t been much publicized in Turkey, she said.
“The initiative didn’t target specifically relations with Armenia, other draft laws left from the previous legislative period have been also brought back in the same move to the Parliament,” she added.
Nevertheless, Gultekin-Punsmann considers there is a sign of the existence of political will on a certain level on the Turkish side.
The fact that Minister Davutoglu is now himself MP can perhaps create a difference.
“A sense of an unfinished job and unfulfilled hopes have started developing among Turkish officials when it comes to improving relations with Armenia. Armenia stays in their mind. However the protocols process has also been frozen in Armenia. The reaction of the Armenian government will be therefore significant in the near future,” she said.
The analyst believes that deal with Armenia will boost Turkey’s stance in the region restore the tarnished image of the zero problem approach worldwide.
