Tweet
MANOYAN: WITHDRAWAL OF PROTOCOLS A WELCOME STEP, BUT NOT ENOUGH
By Weekly Staff on February 16, 2015
YEREVAN (A.W.)--Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun
(ARF-D) Bureau member Giro Manoyan has called President Serge
Sarkisian's decision to withdraw the Turkey-Armenia accord from the
National Assembly a first step to completely neutralize the protocols,
however, he stressed that Armenia must take this further. "This is
a welcome step, but is not enough. It is necessary to completely
neutralize and recall the signatures," Manoyan told Yerkir.am, adding
that there has always been the possibility of withdrawing from the
protocols.
Giro Manoyan
According to Manoyan, Sarkisian mentioned the possibility of
withdrawing from the accord as early as September 2014, during
his speeches at the 5th Armenia-Diaspora Conference and UN General
Assembly.
He also noted that the ARF-D demanded the withdrawal of Armenia's
signature from the very beginning, when it was clear that Turkey was
not ready to establish relations with Armenia without preconditions.
ANCA issues statement
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director
Aram Hamparian released a statement stressing the importance of
withdrawing Armenia's signature from the Protocols. "Withdrawing
these flawed and failed Protocols from Parliament represents a step
in the right direction--one that needs to be followed immediately by
the next logical step of withdrawing Armenia's signature from these
Ankara-inspired accords," said Hamparian.
Aram Hamparian
"As we stressed in 2009--and as is painfully clear today--Armenia
should never have signed these one-sided agreements. Once in
place, despite Turkey's obvious lies and endless preconditions
and manipulations, this farce was allowed to continue for far too
long. Even through all of this, we remain encouraged that, despite
Ankara's efforts--through the Protocols and other instruments of
denial-- to downgrade the Armenian Genocide from an unpunished
international crime into a simple bilateral conflict, the Armenian
people--in our homeland and diaspora--remain united in our resolve
for a truthful and just resolution of the Armenian Genocide, "
concluded Hamparian.
Earlier today, Sarkisian sent a letter to the Chairman of the
National Assembly Galust Sahakyan, informing him about his decision
to withdraw the protocols from the National Assembly of Armenia,
reported Armenpress.
On April 23, 2009, an agreement of "mutual understanding," defined as
a "roadmap," had been agreed upon by Armenia and Turkey assuring the
world that mutually beneficial relations between them were forthcoming.
In the days leading to the signing of the proposals, Sarkisian made
a tour of several Armenian communities around the world, including
New York, Paris, Beirut, and Los Angeles, only to be met with scorn
and outrage.
Public outcry had virtually no swaying influence on the resolve of the
Armenian authorities, and Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian alongside
his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu signed the protocols in Zurich
on Oct. 10, 2009.
On April 22, 2010, only seven months after signing the accord,
Sarkisian made a statement, in which he made it clear that the
political majority in the National Assembly considered statements from
the Turkish side unacceptable, "specifically those by Prime Minister
[Recepy Tayyip] Erdogan, who has again made the ratification of the
Armenia-Turkey protocols by the Turkish parliament directly dependent
on a resolution over Nagorno-Karabagh."
http://armenianweekly.com/2015/02/16/withdrawal-not-enough/
From: Baghdasarian
By Weekly Staff on February 16, 2015
YEREVAN (A.W.)--Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun
(ARF-D) Bureau member Giro Manoyan has called President Serge
Sarkisian's decision to withdraw the Turkey-Armenia accord from the
National Assembly a first step to completely neutralize the protocols,
however, he stressed that Armenia must take this further. "This is
a welcome step, but is not enough. It is necessary to completely
neutralize and recall the signatures," Manoyan told Yerkir.am, adding
that there has always been the possibility of withdrawing from the
protocols.
Giro Manoyan
According to Manoyan, Sarkisian mentioned the possibility of
withdrawing from the accord as early as September 2014, during
his speeches at the 5th Armenia-Diaspora Conference and UN General
Assembly.
He also noted that the ARF-D demanded the withdrawal of Armenia's
signature from the very beginning, when it was clear that Turkey was
not ready to establish relations with Armenia without preconditions.
ANCA issues statement
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director
Aram Hamparian released a statement stressing the importance of
withdrawing Armenia's signature from the Protocols. "Withdrawing
these flawed and failed Protocols from Parliament represents a step
in the right direction--one that needs to be followed immediately by
the next logical step of withdrawing Armenia's signature from these
Ankara-inspired accords," said Hamparian.
Aram Hamparian
"As we stressed in 2009--and as is painfully clear today--Armenia
should never have signed these one-sided agreements. Once in
place, despite Turkey's obvious lies and endless preconditions
and manipulations, this farce was allowed to continue for far too
long. Even through all of this, we remain encouraged that, despite
Ankara's efforts--through the Protocols and other instruments of
denial-- to downgrade the Armenian Genocide from an unpunished
international crime into a simple bilateral conflict, the Armenian
people--in our homeland and diaspora--remain united in our resolve
for a truthful and just resolution of the Armenian Genocide, "
concluded Hamparian.
Earlier today, Sarkisian sent a letter to the Chairman of the
National Assembly Galust Sahakyan, informing him about his decision
to withdraw the protocols from the National Assembly of Armenia,
reported Armenpress.
On April 23, 2009, an agreement of "mutual understanding," defined as
a "roadmap," had been agreed upon by Armenia and Turkey assuring the
world that mutually beneficial relations between them were forthcoming.
In the days leading to the signing of the proposals, Sarkisian made
a tour of several Armenian communities around the world, including
New York, Paris, Beirut, and Los Angeles, only to be met with scorn
and outrage.
Public outcry had virtually no swaying influence on the resolve of the
Armenian authorities, and Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian alongside
his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu signed the protocols in Zurich
on Oct. 10, 2009.
On April 22, 2010, only seven months after signing the accord,
Sarkisian made a statement, in which he made it clear that the
political majority in the National Assembly considered statements from
the Turkish side unacceptable, "specifically those by Prime Minister
[Recepy Tayyip] Erdogan, who has again made the ratification of the
Armenia-Turkey protocols by the Turkish parliament directly dependent
on a resolution over Nagorno-Karabagh."
http://armenianweekly.com/2015/02/16/withdrawal-not-enough/
From: Baghdasarian