Interfax, Russia
Feb 12 2010

Armenian party plans campaign against ratification of protocols with Turkey

YEREVAN Feb 12

Armenia’s Dashnaktsutyun revolutionary federation plans to start
collecting the signatures of MPs who are opposed to the ratification
of protocols that establish diplomatic relations between Yerevan and
Ankara.

"In the near future, we will launch a signature collection campaign
among parliamentary deputies and via the Internet in order to prevent
the ratification of the protocols in their current form," Kiro
Manoyan, head of the Dashnaktsutyun Central Office for Political
Affairs, told journalists on Friday.

The Armenian and Turkish foreign ministers signed protocols on the
establishment of diplomatic relations and the development of bilateral
ties in Zurich on October 10, 2009. The documents need to be ratified
by the two countries’ parliaments.