ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES’ CHANGED THEIR POSITION ON PROTOCOL RATIFICATION PROCEDURES

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.01.2010 15:28 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ RA Constitutional Court’s haste to pass positive
decision on Armenian-Turkish Protocols testified to the existence
of international pressures upon Armenia, according to Heritage
parliamentary group member Stepan Safaryan.

"Before the court’s decision, Armenian authorities claimed they’d
ratify the Protocols only after Turkey," he told a news conference
in Yerevan.

At that, he referred to Prescott and Columbier’s report posted on PACE
official Web site following the nMarch 1, 2008 tragic developments.

"International communities’ concerns over democracy and human rights
situation in Armenia changed authorities’ position on Protocols,"
Armenian MP said.

Founded in 2002, Heritage a National Liberal Party, is national by
its roots, liberal in its economic principle, and an advocate of the
democratic system of governance and due process for its citizens. The
party’s objective is the development of Armenia as a democratic,
lawful, and rights-based country that anchors its domestic and foreign
policies in the nation’s sovereign interest. During the party’s Third
Congress on May 30, 2005, Raffi K. Hovannisian was elected chairman.

The other eight members of the party board were elected by secret vote.

The protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of
the 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.

RA Constitutional Court’s haste to pass positive decision on
Armenian-Turkish Protocols testified to international pressures on
Armenian authorities.