Turkey’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgiç told reporters Tuesday that Ankara remains committed to the protocols signed between Turkey and Armenia purportedly aiming to normalize bilateral relations, after Yerevan recently withdrew the 2008 protocols from parliament.

Bilgiç told reporters yesterday that Yerevan has decided to withdraw the Protocol on Establishing of Diplomatic Relations and the Protocol on Developing Relations in order “to create a reason to accuse Turkey” ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

The Armenian government, and a majority of Armenians around the world, regarded the protocols as unfair and a diplomatic ploy by Turkey, due to the myriad conditions and concessions it demands of Armenia.

Meanwhile, the Turkish parliament itself has not ratified either of the agreements.

Bilgiç, however, called Armenians “incoherent and insincere” because of the move, adding that “Turkey will remain loyal to regional normalization process which is the fundamental goal of the protocols.”

On Feb. 16, Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian announced that he has asked the country’s parliamentary speaker to withdraw his signature from the protocols.

Sarkisian said in a statement that Armenia would not ratify the agreement because of the “preconditions” that Turkey is putting in place before it ratifies its side of the deal.