Archbishop Zakaryan: Diaspora is not against border opening and
establishment of ties
03.10.2009 19:05 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ As descendants of Armenian Genocide victims,
Diaspora representatives are very sensitive to Armenian Turkish
rapprochement, and it is possible to understand them, AAC French
Eparchy Primate, Archbishop Norvan Zakaryan said after RA President’s
meeting with Europe’s Armenian community representatives in Paris.

`Opinions in Diaspora naturally vary, and they all need to be
heard. In that context, President’s visit was very valuable, since we
were thus able to listen to his explanations,’ Archbishop stated,
stressing the importance of Armenian-Turkish rapprochement.

Diaspora, he finds, is not against border opening and establishment of
diplomatic ties. `We just want the issue not to cause harm Genocide
recognition issue. This is our concern, and if Protocol wording was a
little bit different, we’d have no fears,’ Zakaryan said.