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    CONTRADICTIONS OBVIOUS IN ARMENIA-TURKEY PROTOCOLS

    Civilitas Foundation
    Sunday, 11 October 2009 16:20 |
    Turkey

    DEMEANING SIGNING FOR DEMEANING PROTOCOLS: On Saturday, October 10,
    we witnessed two consequential but sadly conflicting events. One was
    the signing of the miscalculated and ill-constructed Armenia-Turkey
    protocols, despite great domestic and international concern and
    opposition among Armenians. The second was President Sargsyan's
    last-minute address to the Armenian people, issued just hours ahead
    of the scheduled signing, the content of which was directly and
    unabashedly contradictory to the content of the protocols.

    Indeed, so different are the two that it can even be said that
    the president's arguments were the best reasons to reject the
    protocols. The address insisted that there are irrefutable realities
    and we have undeniable rights; the protocols, on the other hand,
    question the first and eliminate the second. Armenia, without
    cause and without necessity, conceded its historic rights, both
    regarding genocide recognition and what the address so justly called
    'hayrenazrkum' - a denial and dispossession of our patrimony.

    Further, the provision for ratification of the protocols by the
    Turkish parliament comes in the context of repeated and forceful
    calls by high-level Turkish officials who repeatedly affirm that
    ratification hinges on a favorable Karabakh settlement process. Given
    this, any Armenian insiste nce of no-linkage between Armenia-Turkey
    and Karabakh-Azerbaijan is not credulous.

    Given the last-minute scrambling and hesitation in Zurich, it is
    difficult to imagine a more demeaning signing or a more demeaning
    document. The parties themselves and the representatives of the
    world powers, all were present but all remained silent. When such a
    'historic' moment goes by with none of the sides or the witnesses
    able to say anything acceptable or in agreement with the rest, either
    about the long-awaited event itself or the content of the documents
    being signed - it is difficult to see how this document can provide
    the serious basis of trust and respect necessary for stable and
    respectful relations between the parties.
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