ARMENIANS OF GREECE OPPOSE SIGNING OF THE ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS

PanARMENIAN.Net
06.10.2009 19:40 GMT+04:00

ARF Dashnaktsutyun Central Committee of Greece held a political
meeting in Athens on October 5. During the meeting representatives
of the Armenian community of Greece have expressed their protests
in connection with the protocols on normalization of Armenia-Turkey
relations. Ara Mankoyan introduced anti-Armenian provisions of the
Protocols and urged not to sign the Protocols.

"Protocols must not contain items suggesting that the Armenian side
abandon territorial claims. These protocols should not turn the
fact of the Armenian Genocide into subject of discussion and should
not be connected with the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, "
Ara Mankoyan said. He stressed that the Protocols contain all above
mentioned preconditions. According to him, establishment of good
neighborly relations between Armenia and Turkey is unrealistic in
the given circumstances.

"Why has the Armenian leadership had such a position in respect to
Turkey, especially given that Turkish officials do not speak of even
minimal guarantees of peaceful coexistence? Turkey in a hurry to sign
the Protocol in order to show the world that it is a country seeking
to establish good relations with neighboring countries, and thus
to overcome the resistance of the countries opposing its membership
in the EU, " Ara Mankoyan said. After the meeting, members started
collecting signatures against the adoption of the Armenian-Turkish
Protocols, Azad Or Athens newspaper reports.