MANOYAN: ARMENIA SHOULD HAVE LEFT NEGOTIATIONS LONG AGO
Yerkir
20.01.2010 15:49
Yerevan (Yerkir) – Turkey’s concern that the Armenian Constitutional
Court ruling contradicts the Armenian-Turkish protocols, is ridiculous,
since the court’s reservations are not legally binding, but Turkey
is not wrong to think that those reservations added some limitations,
a senior ARF member has said.
Kiro Manoyan, the director of the ARF Bureau’s Hay Dat and Political
Affairs Office, told a news conference on January 20 that the Turkish
Foreign Ministry has understood the court ruling "a little better
than our foreign minister."
He, however, added that Turkey benefits more from the protocols than
Armenia does, and "Turkey should be stupid not to ratify them."
Manoyan also said that new developments might still be seen in the
Armenian-Turkish talks. "Clinton or Biden may call our president
to get some promises," he said, adding that the Armenian leadership
should stick to the court’s ruling and should not attempt to diminish
its significance.