ARF BUREAU REPRESENTATIVE SAYS ARF WILL FIGHT ON
Yerkir
08.10.2009 14:05
Yerevan (Yerkir) – ARF Bureau representative Hrant Margaryan delivered
a speech at the conference "Presigned Protocols and Armenian-Turkish
relations: National Interests and Challenges," held in Yerevan on
October 8.
Margaryan said that the six weeks of consultations are over, and now
we live in a different atmosphere. "We are living a crucial moment,
and each of us should take responsibility for the steps they are
taking, for the words they are saying as well as for their positions,"
Margaryan said in his speech.
"Why did this happen?" Margaryan asked. "I have said that the issue
of the Genocide is the open nerve of the Armenian people. Don’t dare
touch it: the reaction will be unpredictable."
Margaryan then went on saying that from the first day of the public
discussions, it was announced that the protocols cannot be amended:
they should be either approved or rejected. "What type of a discussion
is this?" Margaryan asked. He added that this is why the formulation
"not subject for discussion, we will sign it" triggered such an
immense reaction both in Armenia and the Diaspora.
We are not desperate, he added, nothing is over yet. We will fight on.
"We are ready to find common grounds with the authorities but we
will not hesitate to go all=2 0the way, even if that means a change
of regime," he said.
The full text of the speech is available in Armenian.