ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES MAY COMMIT GRAVEST POLITICAL BLUNDER, ARF REP STATES
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
Sept 3 2009
Armenia
Mourad Papazian, Head of the West European Office of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation (ARF) is concerned over the Armenia
authorities’ approach to the normalization of the Armenian-Turkish
relations and over the ensuring consequences.
"The Armenian Cause is endangered. The Armenian authorities will commit
the gravest political blunder since Armenia declared independence if
they agree to a compromise with Turkey. And they seen to be ready
to all compromises to normalize relations with Turkey and get the
Armenian-Turkish border reopened. They are ready to make concessions
over the Armenian Genocide, Nagorno-Karabakh problem and Armenian
people’s rights.
Papazian said that "alarming of the very fact that both the sates
decided to form a commission to study the cases related to the
1915 events (slaughter of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey), which is
an indisputable fact not only for Armenia, but also for dozens of
other countries, as well as experts, which recognized the fact of
Armenian Genocide. Now, this fact has been challenged, and even by
the Armenian Government. This is a most serious blow on the Armenian
Cause, and a serious victory of Turkish diplomacy."
Papazian also stressed that "the Armenian Government, Foreign
Minister, as well as the President, have no right to speak on
behalf of the Armenian nation without knowing the Armenian people’s
will. The Armenian Government’s decision is an instance of political
irresponsibility, which is by no means legitimate. It is extremely
important that the Armenian President organize a pan-Armenian dialogue
with the participation of communities, major Armenian organizations
and political parties, as a split between the Armenian authorities
and the Diaspora is inevitable."
Summing up, Papazian called for accepting the stance taken by the
"true representatives of the Armenian people." "It is inadmissible
that Turkey is causing a split within the Armenian nation," he said.