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ARFD'S STANCE ON ARMENIA-TURKISH PROTOCOLS UNCHANGED - PARTY REP.
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 10, 2012 - 21:35 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian-Turkish protocols signed three years ago
haven't lost their legal value, ARF Dashnaktsutyun's Armenian Cause
Political Affairs Office Director said.
"Turkey is of the same standpoint. As for the ARF Dashnaktsutyun,
its position on the issue remains the same," Giro Manoyan told a
press conference in Yerevan.
"ARFD stood against the protocols. Armenia must withdraw signatures
from the document as it doesn't benefit from it. Instead, Turkey gained
an opportunity to suspend the Armenia Genocide recognition campaign,"
he said.
"Armenian authorities need the signatures to be viewed as a reliable
partner in international arena," Mr. Manoyan said, citing President
Serzh Sargyan's statement, which claimed Armenia will withdraw
signatures from the protocols, if Turkey doesn't ratify the document
in reasonable terms.
"Armenia's withdrawal of signatures won't undermine the regional
stability. It will prove that Armenia is guided by its own interests,"
he said.
On October 10, 2009 Armenian and Turkish Foreign Ministers signed
protocols expected to be ratified by parliaments of both states.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 10, 2012 - 21:35 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian-Turkish protocols signed three years ago
haven't lost their legal value, ARF Dashnaktsutyun's Armenian Cause
Political Affairs Office Director said.
"Turkey is of the same standpoint. As for the ARF Dashnaktsutyun,
its position on the issue remains the same," Giro Manoyan told a
press conference in Yerevan.
"ARFD stood against the protocols. Armenia must withdraw signatures
from the document as it doesn't benefit from it. Instead, Turkey gained
an opportunity to suspend the Armenia Genocide recognition campaign,"
he said.
"Armenian authorities need the signatures to be viewed as a reliable
partner in international arena," Mr. Manoyan said, citing President
Serzh Sargyan's statement, which claimed Armenia will withdraw
signatures from the protocols, if Turkey doesn't ratify the document
in reasonable terms.
"Armenia's withdrawal of signatures won't undermine the regional
stability. It will prove that Armenia is guided by its own interests,"
he said.
On October 10, 2009 Armenian and Turkish Foreign Ministers signed
protocols expected to be ratified by parliaments of both states.
From: A. Papazian