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ARMENIAN SCIENTIFIC UNION OF MOSCOW ADOPTED A STATEMENT CONCERNING RA-TURKISH PROTOCOLS
ArmInfo
2009-10-10 14:14:00
ArmInfo. Armenian Scientific Union of Moscow adopted a statement
concerning RA-Turkish Protocols. Document particularly says that
issues on raising Turkish blockade and establishing diplomatic
relations matured long ago.
'Under international law, diplomatic ties are established through
exchange of notes not requiring preconditions. Turkish-Armenian
Protocols are already a precondition reflecting Armenia's compromise
and good will. Authors of document believe that Armenia's consent to
establish diplomatic ties without condemnation of Armenian Genocide
in Turkey and Western Armenia is the greatest compromise ever seen
in history. It should be born in mind that Genocide denial is the
final stage of the heinous crime.
"Although establishment of diplomatic ties between Armenia and Turkey
is not in any way linked to Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict settlement,
Turkey might have recognized NKR's independence and established with
it diplomatic ties as sign of trust and good will. That might lead to
progress in conflict settlement. Protocol clauses obliging parties to
respect principles of equality, sovereignty, territorial integrity
and border immunity demand adherence to the principle of peoples'
right to self-determination. Absence of such principle in Protocol
texts seriously contradicts international law.
Regardless the fact that Armenia's dismemberment in 1921 was
the biggest geo-political catastrophe in world's civilization,
Armenian authorities demonstrated an act of good will to entire
world, particularly Turkey and its people. Protocol signing does
not negate the international-legal claims of Armenian Republic,
Western Armenians and civilized mankind for achieving condemnation
of Armenian Genocide by Turkey and international community. The
fact of Armenian Genocide in Turkey is not subject to discussion or
acknowledgement. It is necessary to initiate a separate negotiation
process between authorized representatives from occupied and annexed
Western Armenia. The only acting agreement determining the borders
of Western Armenia and several other independent states in region is
the 1920 Treaty of Sevres elaborated by Wilson's arbitration. Of high
importance is the clause condemning any form of terrorism, violence
and radicalism aiming to intensify fight with Turkish terrorist
organizations and posing threat to Armenia, Turkey and international
community. Protocol signing will be positively assessed in future
in case Armenia's national-state interests are protected and clearly
articulated, ensuring the interests of western Armenians and western
Armenian representative bodies in exile,' says the statement.
ArmInfo
2009-10-10 14:14:00
ArmInfo. Armenian Scientific Union of Moscow adopted a statement
concerning RA-Turkish Protocols. Document particularly says that
issues on raising Turkish blockade and establishing diplomatic
relations matured long ago.
'Under international law, diplomatic ties are established through
exchange of notes not requiring preconditions. Turkish-Armenian
Protocols are already a precondition reflecting Armenia's compromise
and good will. Authors of document believe that Armenia's consent to
establish diplomatic ties without condemnation of Armenian Genocide
in Turkey and Western Armenia is the greatest compromise ever seen
in history. It should be born in mind that Genocide denial is the
final stage of the heinous crime.
"Although establishment of diplomatic ties between Armenia and Turkey
is not in any way linked to Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict settlement,
Turkey might have recognized NKR's independence and established with
it diplomatic ties as sign of trust and good will. That might lead to
progress in conflict settlement. Protocol clauses obliging parties to
respect principles of equality, sovereignty, territorial integrity
and border immunity demand adherence to the principle of peoples'
right to self-determination. Absence of such principle in Protocol
texts seriously contradicts international law.
Regardless the fact that Armenia's dismemberment in 1921 was
the biggest geo-political catastrophe in world's civilization,
Armenian authorities demonstrated an act of good will to entire
world, particularly Turkey and its people. Protocol signing does
not negate the international-legal claims of Armenian Republic,
Western Armenians and civilized mankind for achieving condemnation
of Armenian Genocide by Turkey and international community. The
fact of Armenian Genocide in Turkey is not subject to discussion or
acknowledgement. It is necessary to initiate a separate negotiation
process between authorized representatives from occupied and annexed
Western Armenia. The only acting agreement determining the borders
of Western Armenia and several other independent states in region is
the 1920 Treaty of Sevres elaborated by Wilson's arbitration. Of high
importance is the clause condemning any form of terrorism, violence
and radicalism aiming to intensify fight with Turkish terrorist
organizations and posing threat to Armenia, Turkey and international
community. Protocol signing will be positively assessed in future
in case Armenia's national-state interests are protected and clearly
articulated, ensuring the interests of western Armenians and western
Armenian representative bodies in exile,' says the statement.