GIRO MANOYAN: ARMENIA SHOULD DECLARE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THAT IT IS NOT GOING TO RATIFY PROTOCOLS

NOYAN TAPAN
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. In the opinion of Giro Manoyan,
the Head of the ARFD Armenian Cause Yerevan Office, no positive shift
will be recorded in the issue of ratification of Armenian-Turkish
protocols for some more months as the issue is not being discussed
at the Turkish parliament, neither the documents have been submitted
to the RA Constitutional Court.

In G. Manoyan’s affirmation, the policy carried on by Turkey in
the region prompts that Turkey will not move forward quickly in the
normalization process of Armenian-Turkish relations and will undertake
certain steps only on April 24.

In G. Manoyan’s opinion, Armenia had better instead of taking a
waiting position declare right now that it is not going to ratify the
protocols. Estimating the Armenian-Turkish relations in the period
after the signing of the protocols he said that there is no progress,
on the contrary, a regress was recorded as before the signing the
sides restrained themselves and now they have exact positions, and
the Turkish side constantly links the process of normalization of
relations with the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
From: Baghdasarian