VAHAN HOVHANNISIAN: TER-PETROSIAN WAITING FOR FAILURE

Yerkir
22.09.2009 17:17
Yerevan

Yerevan (Yerkir) – Levon Ter-Petrosian knows well that Armenia will
fail in this process but this is what he wants as he thinks he and his
supporters would benefit from it, ARF Bureau member Vahan Hovhannisian
told a news conference today.

He was commenting on Ter-Petrosian’s decision to stop opposition
rallies.

Hovhannisian said the Armenian-Turkish rapprochement process is nothing
new; it has been secretly going on for some seven years and that the
ARF had been offering advice. When asked if the ARF advice had helped,
Hovhannisian said it did because the first version of the protocols
almost repeated the provisions of the Kars Treaty. Hovhannisian
also said that Turkish opposition is faking when saying that Turkey
is doing concessions. In fact, when speaking behind curtains,
Turkish politicians agree that it is Turkey who gains from this
process because they have managed to include two preconditions in
the protocols. Now, they are trying to link the Karabakh issue with
all this. "We see Erdogan make statements, echoed by Davutoglu,"
Hovhannisian said. "Our foreign minister – from time to time – tries
to unsuccessfully react, but no matter how hard our authorities try to
convince us that no preconditions have been included in the protocols,
they are there. This is a diplomatic defeat."

Hovhannisi an said that after the Armenian-Turkish protocols are
signed the world will stop applauding us and new conditions will be
put before Armenia.