Today, the president of Armenia Mr. Serzh Sargsyan, just hours ahead of the signing of the protocols between Armenia and Turkey on normalization of relations, issued an address to the nation saying his country's commitment to protocols is not unilateral. "Therefore, if Turkey fails to ratify the protocols within reasonable timeframe or to accomplish its provisions in due time, Armenia will undertake corresponding measures in accordance with international law," said the president.

In his effort to build up support around the lately pre-signed Turkish Armenian protocols for the normalization of mutual relationship the president of Armenia Serzh Sarkisian said he will travel to the main centers of the Armenian Diaspora in the world to listen to them. The president said this yesterday in a meeting with the Catholicos of All Armenians asking the blessing and support of the All Armenian Spiritual Pontiff.

Turkey has positioned itself in a very confusing situation with Armenia. On one hand it pre-signs protocols about normalization of relations with Armenia where there is no single word about linking the process to Armenia's relations to Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh, on the other hand it tells Azerbaijan that unless the issue of Nagorno Karabakh is solved the Turkish Armenian border won't open. Armenian warning to Turkish statements of linking two processes did not delay.

On September 17, during the Iftar dinner, which the PM of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave to Turkish media editors-in-chiefs, he said Turkey would not open its border with Armenia without solution to Nagorno Karabakh problem. He also said that Armenia must be freed from the influence of the powerful diaspora. We asked the Armenian Foreign Ministry to comment on the above, which said that the Turkish PM's comments are not helpful to the process and that genocide survivors must be respected.

In a very rare news article published by one of the top newspapers in Turkey Today's Zaman the author openly speaks about the Armenian Genocide and how they were orchestrated.

Today the president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan met with the leaders of various parties as part of public discussions dedicated to the pre-signing of Armenian Turkey normalization protocols. He stated that after the joint statement on establishing Armenian-Turkish relations and the pre-signed Protocols were announced, a process has began that is really positive and important.

A letter from the U.S. Congress, supported by 80 members of the House is urging the "Administration to separate the issues of normalization and genocide recognition." It urges Turkey to stay on track in the Armenia roadmap.

Everything started from the point where about 200 Turkish intellectuals issued an apology to the Armenian people for the violent past. This was a major step toward the Turkish Armenian reconciliation, but the movement took pace and by now already more than 8000 in Turkey have signed the apology at www.ozurdiliyoruz.com.

According to Today's Zaman the security team of the president of Turkey Abdullah Gul is actively preparing to, already a more possible, trip of Gul to Armenia for a soccer diplomacy initiated by the president of Armenia.

The Armenian Genocide Museum Institute presents the book titled “And Those Who Continued Living in Turkey after 1915” by Rubina Peroomian, which issued under the auspices of the AGMI publishing-house.

Turkey has not recalled its ambassador to the United States, the country's prime minister said on Friday. "I do not have any such information. Possibly, the Foreign Ministry called in the ambassador for consultations, but no one has recalled him," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

"The Turkish government's aim is to use opening of the Holy Cross Church on Akhtamar island - a sacred Armenian religious site - as a public relations tactic to mislead international public opinion," Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director Aram Hamparian told PanARMENIAN.Net.