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PROTOCOLS AREN'T DEAD, SAYS ARF'S MANOYAN
Giro Manoyan
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Thursday, October 11th, 2012
YEREVAN (Yerkir Media)-Claims that the dangerous Turkey-Armenia
Protocols are dead are not true, said Armenian Revolutionary
Federation Political Affairs Director Giro Manoyan Wednesday during
a press conference marking the third anniversary of the signing of
the Protocols in Zurich.
"They are alive legally and are legal documents," said Manoyan
warning of the possibility that Turkey may ratify the protocols and
force Armenia to do so on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide.
Calling the protocols pro-Turkish, Manoyan reminded the audience
that President Serzh Sarkisian had declared that if Turkey did not
ratify the documents in "within a rational timeframe" Armenia, using
avenues guaranteed by international law, "would revisit its approach"
to the protocols.
Manoyan said Turkey continues to announce that the Protocols are not
dead and that the Turkish government is working on them. In reality,
however, they are not doing anything on that front. He said that
the only positive aspect in the past three years in Armenia was the
Constitutional Court's ruling, which expressed concerns about some
of the provisions of the protocols.
Manoyan explained that the Constitutional Court's opinion gives cause
for concern that certain protocol elements do pose a national security
threat for Armenia, saying this fact has not prompted "the authors
of the 'football diplomacy' to resign from them."
"Armenia has distinct reasons for to pull back its signature and
it must to do so in the shortest amount of time as possible," said
Manoyan. He explained that the current Armenian regime strives to look
good in the eyes of certain countries and as a result will not pull its
signature from the protocols until next year's presidential elections.
"The stability of the region is not contingent of the Protocols
and our stability will not be affected if Armenia were to withdraw
its signature. On the contrary, that will demonstrate that we are
a self-sufficient state and we are guided by our interests," added
Manoyan.
Giro Manoyan
asbarez
Thursday, October 11th, 2012
YEREVAN (Yerkir Media)-Claims that the dangerous Turkey-Armenia
Protocols are dead are not true, said Armenian Revolutionary
Federation Political Affairs Director Giro Manoyan Wednesday during
a press conference marking the third anniversary of the signing of
the Protocols in Zurich.
"They are alive legally and are legal documents," said Manoyan
warning of the possibility that Turkey may ratify the protocols and
force Armenia to do so on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide.
Calling the protocols pro-Turkish, Manoyan reminded the audience
that President Serzh Sarkisian had declared that if Turkey did not
ratify the documents in "within a rational timeframe" Armenia, using
avenues guaranteed by international law, "would revisit its approach"
to the protocols.
Manoyan said Turkey continues to announce that the Protocols are not
dead and that the Turkish government is working on them. In reality,
however, they are not doing anything on that front. He said that
the only positive aspect in the past three years in Armenia was the
Constitutional Court's ruling, which expressed concerns about some
of the provisions of the protocols.
Manoyan explained that the Constitutional Court's opinion gives cause
for concern that certain protocol elements do pose a national security
threat for Armenia, saying this fact has not prompted "the authors
of the 'football diplomacy' to resign from them."
"Armenia has distinct reasons for to pull back its signature and
it must to do so in the shortest amount of time as possible," said
Manoyan. He explained that the current Armenian regime strives to look
good in the eyes of certain countries and as a result will not pull its
signature from the protocols until next year's presidential elections.
"The stability of the region is not contingent of the Protocols
and our stability will not be affected if Armenia were to withdraw
its signature. On the contrary, that will demonstrate that we are
a self-sufficient state and we are guided by our interests," added
Manoyan.