ARF-D SEES HINTS OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH IN ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS

Tert
Sept 17 2009
Armenia

The foreign minister of the Republic of Armenia has no intention
of making any changes to Armenian-Turkish Protocols, said ARF-D
‘Armenian Cause’ and political affairs bureau director Kiro Manoyan
to journalists today.

"Logic dictates that the aim of these discussions is that, at the
end of the day, if the sides have proposals, they must present them,"
Manoyan said.

According to him, the ruling party and the opposition, considering
ARF-D’s objections, preferred not to speak about the nature of the
issue, but rather, to speak about the ARF-D’s achievements and faults.

ARF-D representatives complain that "Armenia in practice satisfies
the three preconditions set by Turkey back in the 1990s. One of them
is that Armenia states it has no demands from Turkey, the second is
that Armenia refuses to continue the process of Armenian Genocide
recognition."

Besides, Manoyan expressed his dissatisfaction with the governing
party’s statement that the Armenian-Turkish Committee will not be "a
committee of historians" but "a committee of experts." "It’s clear
that it is the subcommittee of the same "committee of historians,"
which will be used by Turkey to hamper the international recognition
process of the Armenian Genocide."

Manoyan named the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue as
the third precondition, noting the authorities’ statement that
there is no mention of the word "Karabakh" in the Protocols. ARF-D
representative stated that there are hints about Karabakh in the
Protocols, recalling the statement of the Turkish foreign minister,
which said that Armenian-Turkish relations would not be established
before the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress