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Over the past 5-6 years, the Turkish authorities had a good opportunity to ratify the Armenian-Turkish protocols, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian told reporters on Monday.

“Unfortunately, they failed to get rid of their internal taboos and missed no chance to deny the Armenian Genocide and, to put it mildly, make unfriendly statements and actions for the Armenian people and Armenia,” he said, commenting on Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s recent statement on the 8th anniversary of Hrant Dink’s assassination.

In Nalbandian’s words, a question arises: why did Ahmet Davutoglu and other senior Turkish officials wait until 2015 to make a statement on Hrant Dink’s assassination and how can one explain the fact that over eight years the Turkish authorities failed to find those guilty of Dink’s murder?

“That statement has nothing new and an answer to it has already been given,” Mr Nalbandian said.