In accordance with Armenia’s law on the Constitutional Court, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia has 3 months to make a decision on the Armenia-Turkey Protocols, said Constitutional Court press secretary Hovhannes Papikyan, upon a request by Tert.am to explain the process in which discussion of the protocols are currently found.

Papikyan stated that the current phase is the Protocols investigation stage. Judge Vladimir Hovhannisyan, a member of the Constitutional Court, has been assigned to study the documents. According to information provided by the press secretary, a 15-day period, which begun on November 20, has been designated for examining the documents, after which time the judge must present a report to the president of the constitutional court.

The Constitutional Court president must then call a standing session within 10 days to decide the day when the Protocols will undergo discussion.

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