ACCORDING TO MEMBER OF HERITAGE PARTY, TURKEY’S PRECONDITIONS OBVIOUSLY SEEN IN ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS

Noyan Tapan
Sep 3, 2009

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The provisions of the intitiated
protocols between Armenia and Turkey do not pose any danger to the
national and state interests of Armenia. Member of the Republican
Party of Armenia (RPA), deputy of the National Assembly Gagik Minasian
expressed this opinion at a press conference on September 3. In his
words, the protocols are in harmony with all the goals that Armenia
has been pursuing for years.

"We are now at the start of the final stage of the Armenia-Turkey
normalization process. After being signed, these protocols must be
dicsussed and ratified by the parliaments. Problems may arise at each
stage, and it will take efforts to ocercome them," G. Minasian said.

According to member of the National Assembly "Heritage" faction
Vardan Khachatrian, he would not say that the indicated protocols
are documents not posing dangers. He noted that as a result of the
protocols and the negotiations around them, Turkey has achived one
of its most desired goals.

"We should admit that Turkey has assumed a serious role in the
Karabakh conflict settlement – especially given the fact that Turkey
has repeatedly stated that the success of the process aimed at
opening the border is related to the Karabakh problem’s settlement
in accordance with the version it wants," V. Khachatrian said.

In his words, despite the claims of the Armenian side, the
preconditions of Turkey can obviously be seen in the protocols. In
his opinion, these issues would not have arisen, if the absence of
any preconditions had been clearly indicated in the protocols.