TURKEY SHOWS INADEQUATE RESPONSE TO ARMENIA’S FOREIGN POLICY
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
08.02.2010 17:21 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ RA President Serzh Sargsyan’s rapprochement-oriented
foreign policy is rather balanced and based on Armenia’s national
interests, according to RPA parliamentary group member Hamlet
Harutyunyan.
As he told a news conference in Yerevan, Armenian President’s
initiatory policy aims at breaking through diplomatic blockade between
the states.
"Currently we’re offering Turkey a chance to give adequate response
to our initiative. So far, we’ve seen none," Hamlet Harutyunyan noted.
Nevertheless, parliamentarian expressed hope for Turkey’s ratification
of Protocols signed and success of negotiations opened.
The Republican Party of Armenia is a national conservative political
party in Armenia. It was the first political party in independent
Armenia to be founded (2 April 1990) and registered (14 May 1991). It
is the largest party of the centre-right in Armenia, and claims to have
140,000 members. The party controls most government bodies in Armenia.
At the 2003 parliamentary elections on May 25, the party received
23.5% of the popular vote, winning 31 out of 131 seats. At the last
parliamentary elections on May 12, 2007, the party received 33.91%
of the popular vote, winning 64 out of 131 seats. The former prime
minister, Andranik Markaryan, was the leader of the party. Current
President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, is the chairman of RPA board.
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.
On January 12, 2010, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of
Armenia found the protocols conformable to the country’s Organic Law.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
