On Januray 20, by the initiative of the Armenian side Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Turkey Edward Nalbandian and Ahmet Davutoglu had a phone conversation.

Edward Nalbandian expressed his astonishment with the statement of the Foreign Ministry of Turkey released on January 18 on the decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia. Minister Nalbandian mentioned that it is at least surprising to see preconditions and contradiction with the very reason in the decision of the Constitutional Court which confirmed the Protocols correspondence to the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia.

Foreign Minister of Armenia expressed his concern that since October 2009 no progress has been fixed in the process of ratification in Turkey. At the same time the Turkish side is continuously and obviously trying to put preconditions: it creates an impression of seeking artificial pretexts and threatens the whole process of normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations.

Assessing positively the fact that in MFA statement of January 18 the Turkish side publicly reaffirmed the danger of putting preconditions, Armenian Foreign Minister suggested his Turkish counterpart to stay committed to the letter and spirit of the Protocols and rapidly go forward.

Minister Nalbandian added that ratification process in Armenia is passing in accordance to defined procedure and without unreasonable delays, and the decision of the Constitutional Court of Armenia made more than one month before the deadline is the evidence of that.

Minister Nalbandian reiterated the necessity to act in accordance to taken commitments and pursuit immediate ratification and implementation of protocols, with avoidance of actions, designed to put invented pretexts aimed at the thwarting the process.