Today the Armenian National Assembly is holding parliamentary hearings on Armenian-Turkish relations. In his address to the parliament, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said such discussions provided an opportunity to listen to various opinions on Armenian-Turkish relations and to understand the public comprehension of certain issues. Here are some excerpts of his speech: "Ever since independence Armenia has been ready to normalize relations with Turkey without preconditions. Now we are realizing this aspiration. Relations between Armenia and Turkey go beyond the circle of bilateral political relations and include issues affected by historical, moral-psychological and other factors." Turning to the pre-signed protocols, Edward Nalbandian said: "Are there any preconditions? No, and once again no. Do we question the fact of the Armenian Genocide; do we prevent the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide? No, and once again no. Is there any tie between the pre-signed documents and the negotiations on the Karabakh conflict settlement? No, and once again no." "The Armenian President has declared many times that Armenia does not discuss the issue of whether there has been an Armenian Genocide or not. He does not question the fact of Genocide and the importance of its international recognition. As Foreign Minister, I have declared the historical fact about the Genocide in Istanbul in November 2008, in presence of more than a hundred journalists," the Minister said. Regarding the link between the protocols and the Karabakh issue, the Foreign Minister said: "The pre-signed protocols include no mention of any precondition, moreover, a precondition related to the Karabakh settlement." The issue of Armenian-Turkish relations is a complex of psychological, social, legal, economic and political issues. Therefore, its settlement cannot be easy. Armenia aspires to establish good-neighborly relations with all neighbor states," Minister Nalbandian stated.