Turkey believed that by signing protocols with Armenia and clearly indicating its readiness to open the border, the Armenians could somehow be cajoled or pressured into resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh problem more quickly or cede territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. But this has always been unlikely in the absence of a comprehensive settlement that addresses Armenians’ greatest fear – security – and fulfils their basic political requirement, namely a definition of Nagorno-Karabakh’s status.
等待获得两国议会批准的外交议定书，已成为了双方误判的牺牲品。亚美尼亚人相信土耳其将会找到折中之道，这可使阿塞拜疆的利益与土耳其对亚美尼亚的开放并行不悖，而无论纳戈尔诺 - 卡拉巴赫问题的解决进展如何，土耳其都将开放土阿边境。可是问题在于，土耳其当初正是由于纳戈尔诺 - 卡拉巴赫冲突（而非某种双边问题）而关闭了两国边境。