ARA ABRAMYAN SLASHED PROTOCOLS

News.am
12:01 / 10/08/2009

Many Diaspora representatives invited to the RA President Serzh
Sargsyan’s Oct.7 meeting in Rostov-on-Don do not participate fully
in community life. They neither read nor heard of the Armenia-Turkey
Protocols, "Erkramas" newspaper chief editor Tigran Tavadyan told
NEWS.am.

According to him, though many participants were openly criticizing
the Protocols, including Ara Abramyan, President of the Union of
Armenians in Russia, Yuri Navoyan, Russian-Armenian Commonwealth
Organization chairman and Lieutenant General Murad Ter-Grigoryan.

Majority of the community representatives and businessmen advocated
Serzh Sargsyan’s viewpoint, Tavadyan said. The editor himself protests
against the Protocols’ signing. "I do not have second thought about the
matter. I consider the President’s speech was not convincing enough,
while answering the questions he did not bring those opposing the
Protocols over", Tavadyan concluded.

In the end of the meeting Sargsyan answered one or two submitted
questions. No mass protest actions were organized in the city.

As NEWS.am reported earlier, RA President arrived in Rostov-on-Don
within the framework of his Pan-Armenian tour. Prior to this Serzh
Sargsyan visited Paris, New York, Los Angeles and Beirut. He exchanged
opinions with Diaspora representatives on Armenia-Turkey initialed
Protocols.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress