HOVHANNISYAN SAYS NEW ARENA FOR STRUGGLE OPENS

Yerkir
14.01.2010 16:12

Yerevan (Yerkir) – Even though the Constitutional Court ruled that the
Armenian-Turkish protocols are in line with the Armenian Constitution,
the ruling contains several positive elements, Vahan Hovhannisyan,
a member of the ARF Bureau and the leader of the ARF faction in
parliament, told a news conference on January 14.

CC ruling says that the subject of the protocols is the establishment
of relations between Armenia and Turkey and that all the other issues
derive from that subject, so they should be based on additional
agreements, he said.

He added that concerns regarding the Artsakh issue and the
Armenian-Azerbaijani settlement are now off the agenda as the CC ruling
provides that the protocols have nothing to do with third countries.

As for the recognition of the borders, Hovhannisyan said he was not
satisfied with the CC formulation that "the borders are not recognized
through protocols because under the Armenian law borders are defined
by international treaties."

"So the issue of the border remains open," Hovhannisyan said.