ARMENIAN OPPOSITIONIST: ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS HAS NEVER BEEN AGAINST NORMALIZATION OF ARMENIAN- TURKISH RELATIONS

ArmInfo
2010-04-28 18:56:00

ArmInfo. The Armenian National Congress (ANC) has never been against
normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations as the Armenian
authorities are trying to present this to the international community,
Vladimir Karapetyan, ANC Responsible Person for Foreign Affairs, said
at today’s press-conference. He said over his visit to Brussels he met
with many representatives of EU structures, who have the impression
that ANC is against the Armenian-Turkish process in general. "We
would consider the Protocols signed in Zurich to be normal, unless
the item about the commission of historians. Moreover, ANC has never
held protest actions against the Protocols, unlike ARFD",- he said.

Karapetyan thinks that to all appearances, the Armenian authorities
ascribed the ARFD position on the Armenian-Turkish process to the
Armenian National Congress when negotiating with EU representatives.

"Certain disappointment among the European politicians was certainly
expected in respect of suspension of the ratification process, but
they do not lose hope",- he concluded.

To recall, the process of ratification of the Armenian-Turkish
Protocols was suspended by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s decree
dated 22 April 2010.