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ARFD: RETURN OF PROTOCOLS ANOTHER ATTEMPT OF PRESSURE ON ARMENIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 27, 2011 - 15:02 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of Hay Dat (Armenian Cause) and director of
ARF Bureau political affairs office Kiro Manoyan does not expect any
progress in normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations in the near
future. "Return of the protocols to the Turkish parliament's agenda is
not a surprise. Ankara will use them as another tool of pressure on
Armenia to prevent Yerevan from withdrawing its signature," Manoyan
told a press conference in Yerevan.
"Turkey just wants to show the international community that the
reconciliation process in under way. However, it's clear that this
country has not intention to ratify the protocols," he said.
Turkish council of ministers has brought the Armenian-Turkish protocols
to the parliament's agenda in what Turkish media described to be
"good will gesture towards Armenia."
On August 22, 2011, Turkey's Grand National Assembly has withdrawn
from the agenda 898 bills, including the protocols envisaging
normalization of relations Armenia and opening of the border. The
new Turkish parliament said that the issue of opening of border with
Armenia is no longer actual for the country's political course.
Besides, in compliance with the parliament's regulations, a bill that
was rejected by the parliament loses its legal force during six months.
The protocols were signed in 2009 in Zurich by Armenian Foreign
Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet
Davutoglu. In April 2010, RA President Serzh Sargsyan decreed to
suspend the process of ratification of the protocols due to Ankara's
unwillingness to ratify them.
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 27, 2011 - 15:02 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of Hay Dat (Armenian Cause) and director of
ARF Bureau political affairs office Kiro Manoyan does not expect any
progress in normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations in the near
future. "Return of the protocols to the Turkish parliament's agenda is
not a surprise. Ankara will use them as another tool of pressure on
Armenia to prevent Yerevan from withdrawing its signature," Manoyan
told a press conference in Yerevan.
"Turkey just wants to show the international community that the
reconciliation process in under way. However, it's clear that this
country has not intention to ratify the protocols," he said.
Turkish council of ministers has brought the Armenian-Turkish protocols
to the parliament's agenda in what Turkish media described to be
"good will gesture towards Armenia."
On August 22, 2011, Turkey's Grand National Assembly has withdrawn
from the agenda 898 bills, including the protocols envisaging
normalization of relations Armenia and opening of the border. The
new Turkish parliament said that the issue of opening of border with
Armenia is no longer actual for the country's political course.
Besides, in compliance with the parliament's regulations, a bill that
was rejected by the parliament loses its legal force during six months.
The protocols were signed in 2009 in Zurich by Armenian Foreign
Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet
Davutoglu. In April 2010, RA President Serzh Sargsyan decreed to
suspend the process of ratification of the protocols due to Ankara's
unwillingness to ratify them.