HAY DAT: TURKEY NOT INTEND TO RATIFY ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS
PanARMENIAN.Net
05.03.2010 14:31 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ It is already clear that Turkey does not intend to
ratify the Armenian-Turkish Protocols , Giro Manoyan , head of the
Central Office of Hay Dat (Armenian Cause) told a news conference
in Yerevan.
According to him the recent statements of the Turkish side are the
pretext for Armenia to declare that the Armenian-Turkish normalization
has failed because of Ankara, to withdraw from the process and to
state that Armenia would return to the negotiating table only if
Turkey agree to held talks without preconditions. "The later we
withdraw from the process, the harder it would be," Manoyan said.
He also referred to the statements of some U.S. Congressmen,
who argued that the decision of the U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Foreign Affairs to adopt Armenian Genocide resolution
252 may interfere with Armenian-Turkish process. According to him,
those statements became a lever of pressure on Armenia in the Karabakh
settlement, as well.
On March 4 the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign
Affairs adopted Armenian Genocide resolution (H.Res.252) by 23 votes "n
favour"and with 22 votes "against". After the vote in the appropriate
committee, the resolution will be sent to the House of Representatives
for a final 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.
On January 12, 2010, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of
Armenia found the protocols conformable to the country’ Organic Law.
The Armenian Cause (Hay Dat) is the whole set of problems taking start
with the Armenian national liberation movement for restoration of the
independent Armenian state and reunification of Armenians. The core
issue is the worldwide recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Hay Dat
has offices across the globe.