VAHAN HOVHANNISIAN: ONE HAS TO BE BLIND TO OVERLOOK PRECONDITIONS IN ARMENIA-TURKEY PROTOCOLS

Noyan Tapan
Oct 7, 2009

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. "With incomprehensible logic,
some mass media outlets are trying to convince Armenian society that
everything is allegedly quiet in the Diaspora, there is no discontent
and problems regarding the pre-signed Armenia-Turkey protocols and
their fate," the leader of the RA National Assembly "ARF" faction,
member of the ARF Bureau Vahan Hovhannisian said at the October 6
sitting of the parliament.

He informed those who try to present "the real picture in a distorted
way" that 90% of 100 thousand Armenian families surveyed from Los
Angeles to Boston and from Chicago to Miami have said "No" to the
protocols. "So as not to create an impression (to the advantage
of Turks) that this protest is only a Diaspora phenomenon, whereas
everything is quiet in Armenia, there are no problems, and everybody
applauds this process," he announced that on October 6 twelve Armenian
parties had signed a joint statement "clearly indicating those 4
serious dangers that the pre-signed protocols contain".

The statement ends with a demand "not to sign the published protocols
in this text and to make changes aimed at neutralizing the indicated
dangers".

In the words of V. Hovhannisian, "there are still people who try to
convince our public that there are no preconditions in the protocols",
whereas any international expert examination, including ones by
Swiss and American experts, proves that "preconditions exist", and
"one has to be blind to overlook them".