ELEVEN PARTIES JOIN EFFORTS TO PREVENT SIGNING OF THE ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS
Anna Nazaryan

"Radiolur"
06.10.2009 17:59

Upon the initiative of the Supreme Body of the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation, eleven parties came forth with a statement, in which
they demand not to sign the protocols on the possible establishment
of the Armenian-Turkish relations.

The People’s Party, the Heritage, the Democratic Party, the New Times
Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, the United Armenians Party, the
Labor, Socialist Parties will join efforts to prevent the signing of
the protocols.

It is noted in the joint statement that they stand against the
existence of the documents in their current wording and require to
make amendments in the protocols to neutralize the dangers, since
they include preconditions of the Turkish side.

"The above-listed parties insist that there are certain preconditions
in the documents. The preconditions include the recognition of borders,
creation of the commission of historians, which prevents the process
of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Besides, the
dates of the meeting between Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham
Aliyev (October 8) and the signing of the protocols (October 10)
are too close," the joint statement reads.