ARMENIAN PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE ADDRESSED TO ARMENIAN PUBLIC

PanARMENIAN.Net
09.02.2010 15:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Armenian President’s message is addressed to
Armenian public first of all, despite the fact that it was directed
to the Turkish State leader Abdullah Gul," Stepan Safaryan , leader
of the Heritage parliamentary group told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

According to Safaryan, the president of Armenia seeks to assure the
Armenian public that the leadership of Armenia do not see problems in
the Armenian-Turkish Protocols and ready to go ahead. "This message is
justified by the fact that even after the conclusion of the Armenian
Constitutional Court on the Protocols they remain unacceptable for
the Armenian opposition, " Stepan Safaryan said.

According to Safaryan, on the other hand, this letter is also addressed
to the international community, which can call on Turkey to ratify
the Protocols.

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.

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.