AGHVAN VARDANYAN: THE PROTOCOLS ARE DEAD
Lilit Muradyan
"Radiolur"
28.04.2010 17:05
"The protocols are dead and are no longer subject to discussion,"
member of the ARF Bureau Aghvan Vardanyan told a press conference
today.
Among the positive aspects of the Armenian-Turkish process Aghvan
Vardanyan pointed to the fact that today everyone speaks not only
about the Armenian Genocide, but also about the elimination of its
consequences.
ARF representative negatively assessed the fact that Turkey started
defending Azerbaijan’s interests publicly, and Turkey’s wish to
mediate in the Karabakh conflict settlement caused division among
Armenians. "Besides, we lost a year and a half on the process, while
many domestic problems remained unsolved," he added.
Accoridng to Aghvan Vardanyan, we have one main problem on the
foreign policy agenda – the Karabakh issue, and all efforts should
be concentrated on its settlement.
"Armenia should also continue exerting pressure on Turkey to open the
shared border," he said adding that "this is the only closed border
in Europe." "There should be no closed borders irrespective of any
protocols or documents," he stated.