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ARFD: ARMENIA SHOULD REVOKE SIGNATURES UNDER THE ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS AND OFFER A PROJECT OF A MORE SIMPLE AGREEMENT
arminfo
Thursday, January 12, 13:09
"ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party has arrived at a conclusion that the
official stance of Armenia implying establishment of relations with
Turkey without preconditions - is acceptable to us. However, Turkey
still sets preconditions to establishment of relations with Armenia,
which is not acceptable to us," says Kiro Manoyan, a member of ARFD
Bureau, Head of ARFD Bureau's Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office,
in an on-line interview with ArmInfo.
Armenian and Azerbaijani journalists interview political experts
and figures as part of the project "Alternative Information in the
Armenian-Azerbaijani Dialogue" implemented by the Region Research
Center (Armenia) and Institute for Peace and Democracy (Azerbaijan).
"In this light, ARFD believes that Armenia should revoke its signature
under the protocols signed in 2009 and suggest a project of a more
simple agreement saying that both the states have arrived at a decision
to establish diplomatic relations, to open all the overland roads
connecting them, to settle all the problems through peace measures on
the basis of the International Law and the international practice,"
Manoyan says. The day when Turkey will be ready to establish relations
with Armenia without preconditions, he says, may become a start for
the countries' relations. These relations should grow to the level of
good- neighbored relations only through recognition of the Armenian
Genocide and its own responsibility by Turkey.
The politician is sure that recognition of the Armenian Genocide by 25
countries and international organizations is a good basis for stating
that the fact of the Armenian Genocide has already got international
recognition. However, he says, recognition of that fact by such
countries as the UK and Israel will have a big political significance.
Manoyan thinks that the issue of the Armenian Genocide's recognition
of the Israel Knesset will have progress in 2012. In addition, he
says, denial of the Armenian Genocide will be finally criminalized
in France in 2012.
"Actually, we have entered a new stage when the Genocide denial is
criminalized, on the one hand, like it was in Slovakia, and reparations
are discussed, on the other hand. For instance, the decision of the
U.S. House in Dec 2011 urging Turkey to return all the churches and
the properties belonging to churches to the Christians, including to
Armenians," Manoyan says.
arminfo
Thursday, January 12, 13:09
"ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party has arrived at a conclusion that the
official stance of Armenia implying establishment of relations with
Turkey without preconditions - is acceptable to us. However, Turkey
still sets preconditions to establishment of relations with Armenia,
which is not acceptable to us," says Kiro Manoyan, a member of ARFD
Bureau, Head of ARFD Bureau's Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office,
in an on-line interview with ArmInfo.
Armenian and Azerbaijani journalists interview political experts
and figures as part of the project "Alternative Information in the
Armenian-Azerbaijani Dialogue" implemented by the Region Research
Center (Armenia) and Institute for Peace and Democracy (Azerbaijan).
"In this light, ARFD believes that Armenia should revoke its signature
under the protocols signed in 2009 and suggest a project of a more
simple agreement saying that both the states have arrived at a decision
to establish diplomatic relations, to open all the overland roads
connecting them, to settle all the problems through peace measures on
the basis of the International Law and the international practice,"
Manoyan says. The day when Turkey will be ready to establish relations
with Armenia without preconditions, he says, may become a start for
the countries' relations. These relations should grow to the level of
good- neighbored relations only through recognition of the Armenian
Genocide and its own responsibility by Turkey.
The politician is sure that recognition of the Armenian Genocide by 25
countries and international organizations is a good basis for stating
that the fact of the Armenian Genocide has already got international
recognition. However, he says, recognition of that fact by such
countries as the UK and Israel will have a big political significance.
Manoyan thinks that the issue of the Armenian Genocide's recognition
of the Israel Knesset will have progress in 2012. In addition, he
says, denial of the Armenian Genocide will be finally criminalized
in France in 2012.
"Actually, we have entered a new stage when the Genocide denial is
criminalized, on the one hand, like it was in Slovakia, and reparations
are discussed, on the other hand. For instance, the decision of the
U.S. House in Dec 2011 urging Turkey to return all the churches and
the properties belonging to churches to the Christians, including to
Armenians," Manoyan says.