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ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS TO TURKEY'S BENEFIT - ARF-D REP
tert.am
10.10.12
Three years after the Armenian-Turkish protocols were signed the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) has not
changed its stance.
The ARF-D believes that it is high time for Armenia's authorities
to realize their mistake and cancel the protocols. Otherwise, Turkey
is only benefiting, Giro Manoyan, Head of the ARF-D Hay Dat office,
told journalists on Wednesday.
No further work on the protocols is being done, but they remain a
legal document, he added.
"The protocols are not only causing damage to Armenia, but also
bringing benefits to Turkey, which has for many years had a political
aim of mediating the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process," Manoyan said. In
this context he recalled Turkey's recent statement on the Stepanakert
airport.
"Turkey is already accusing Armenia, claiming the operation of
Stepanakert airport will cause tension in the region. They are even
threatening to interfere if the airport is opened," Manoyan said.
Turkey is thus going against the OSCE MG co-chairs' statement that
civil aircraft flying to Armenia can by no means be threatened.
"The only benefit for Armenia is that Armenia's authorities were
perceived as good partners, which meet the interests of the same
international [organizations]," Manoyan said. Armenia's authorities are
following a policy of being perceived well be certain states, he added.
By withdrawing the protocols, Armenia will not lose its reputation
of reliable partner. "The world will realize Turkey is guilty,"
Manoyan said.
The ARF-D is against Armenia's breaking the blockade at the expense
of something else, he concluded.
tert.am
10.10.12
Three years after the Armenian-Turkish protocols were signed the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) has not
changed its stance.
The ARF-D believes that it is high time for Armenia's authorities
to realize their mistake and cancel the protocols. Otherwise, Turkey
is only benefiting, Giro Manoyan, Head of the ARF-D Hay Dat office,
told journalists on Wednesday.
No further work on the protocols is being done, but they remain a
legal document, he added.
"The protocols are not only causing damage to Armenia, but also
bringing benefits to Turkey, which has for many years had a political
aim of mediating the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process," Manoyan said. In
this context he recalled Turkey's recent statement on the Stepanakert
airport.
"Turkey is already accusing Armenia, claiming the operation of
Stepanakert airport will cause tension in the region. They are even
threatening to interfere if the airport is opened," Manoyan said.
Turkey is thus going against the OSCE MG co-chairs' statement that
civil aircraft flying to Armenia can by no means be threatened.
"The only benefit for Armenia is that Armenia's authorities were
perceived as good partners, which meet the interests of the same
international [organizations]," Manoyan said. Armenia's authorities are
following a policy of being perceived well be certain states, he added.
By withdrawing the protocols, Armenia will not lose its reputation
of reliable partner. "The world will realize Turkey is guilty,"
Manoyan said.
The ARF-D is against Armenia's breaking the blockade at the expense
of something else, he concluded.