YEREVAN, APRIL 23, NOYAN TAPAN. "I think today's statement of the political coalition is the consequence of the coalition consultation that the Armenian president held yesterday, in other words, I am confident that the presidential address will contain the same concerns as those expressed in the joint statement of the coalition," Naira Zohrabian, a member of the political board of the Prosperous Armenia party (PAP) and "PAP" parliamentary faction, told NT correspondent on April 22. Let us remind that the political boards of the parties making up the political coalition in Armenia's National Assembly issued a joint statement on April 22. The statement is particular said: "The political majority of the RA National Assembly considers as unacceptable the statements made by the Turkish side, particularly by Prime Minister Erdogan in recent days, which again directly link the ratification of Armenian-Turkish protocols by Turkish parliament with the settlement of the conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan. At the same time, taking into consideration the fact that the Turkish side's refusal to ratify the protocols without preconditions within a reasonable time frame renders meaningless the continuation of their ratification process in the National Assembly of Armenia at the given stage, the coalition considers it necessary to suspend this process and withdraw the issue's discussion from the agenda of four-day sessions of the National Assembly until the Turkish side is ready for further continuation of the process without preconditions". According to N. Zohrabian, prior to his trip to Washington, the president said that he already had a decision to be made public after he would finally make sure of its validity. "I am convinced that the President made sure of the validity of his decision after the Turkish prime minister's mutually exclusive statements typical of the fraudulent and adventurist policy of Tyrkey," she noted. She said it would be a correct step to withdraw the bill from the Armenian parliament, noting that now it is Turkey's turn to respond. "If Turkey wants to have its place among civilized countries and if this country and its prime minister are reluctant to cause contempt of the international community, then Turkey has a chance to save its face and ratify the Armenian-Turkish protocols without preconditions; otherwise we have nothing to lose: Turkey cannot close the same border for a second time," N. Zohrabian said.

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