It is not difficult to fail ratification of Armenian-Turkish protocols in the Parliament - Dashnaktsutyun

YEREVAN, October 14. /ARKA/. “Dashnaktsutyun” thinks that to fail the ratification of Armenian-Turkish protocols in the Parliament will not be difficult, said Vahan Hovhanissyan, the Head of Parliamentary Group “Dashnaktsutyun”.

 “Some hours before the signing of the protocols “Dashnaktsutyun” submitted a document in four points to the President Serzh Sargsyan where our dangers were stated .There was a reference for Republican Party of Armenia headed by the President. If this reference will appear realizable, I do not think that it will be difficult to obtain the refusal of the Parliament in ratification of the protocols”, said Hovhanissyan on Wednesday during the press-conference.

On October 10, the President of Armenia said that any relations with Turkey could not cast doubt on the fact of Armenian Genocide in 1915. Armenia and Turkey have only a border issue. The signed protocols are not related to the regulation of Karabakh conflict. Currently in the Parliament of Armenia 20-25% of Parliament members are against the ratification of protocols, but 95% and more are against ratification “in their hearts”, said Hovhanissyan.

He said that the political parties who were recently supporting the protocols started to change their position.

On Saturday, October 10, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Turkey Edward Nalbandyan and Ahmed Davutoghlu signed “Protocol on regulation of diplomatic relations” and “Protocol on the development of mutual relations” in Zurich. The documents should be approved by the Parliaments of both countries.

Armenian-Turkish border was closed since 1993 by the official initiative of Ankara. Complicated relations between two countries were due to the fact that Ankara supported Azerbaijan in Karabakh problem and also an acute reaction of Turkey on the process of international recognition of Armenian Genocide of 1915 in Ottoman Empire. --0—