RA CC RESOLUTION ON PROTOCOLS POLITICAL MANEUVER
PanARMENIAN.Net
13.01.2010 14:12 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The protocols on normalization of relations between
Armenia and Turkey do conflict with the RA Constitution, according
to Ara Papian, head of Modus Vivendi center.
"The resolution of the Constitutional Court was rather political and
juridical," he told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. "It reads that the
commitments both countries undertake are bilateral and have nothing
to do with relations with third states. It’s notable that the CC
underlined that international agreements can have legal force only in
case of their conformity to the international law. So, if Treaties of
Alexandropol, Moscow and Kars are invalid in terms of the international
law, these protocols possess no legal force for Armenia."
"I believe that ratification of the protocols are not in the interests
of the Armenian nation," Mr. Papian concluded.
The protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of
the common border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich
by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish
counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of
diplomatic talks held through Swiss mediation.
On January 12, 2010, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of
Armenia found the protocols conformable to the country’s Organic Law.