"PATRIOTISM DOESN’T LIE IN THE HATRED TOWARDS TURKS"

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05:37 pm | September 30, 2009 | Politics

Today the Public Council expressed its opinion on the Armenian-Turkish
Protocols during a meeting with Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan.

"The Public Council thinks that the Protocols carry no preconditions
and should be signed by the two parliaments" Council Chairman Vazgen
Manukian announced today.

The latter thinks the ratification of the Protocols in their present
form derives from the interests of Armenia. "I think that patriotism
doesn’t lie in the hatred towards Turks but in the love towards your
own people."

Council members, Armenian renowned actor Sos Sargsian and academician
Babken Harutiunian, sounded against the Protocols’ signing.

Only environmentalist Karine Danielian abstained from voting.