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May 1 2010

Top newsIs there any hope for Armenia-Turkey Protocols? Hurriyet

Sargsyan’s announcement of halting¦Karabakh – cornerstone for Erdogan
Turkey accepts `no preconditions’ concept, but¦If ARFD knew outcome of
normalization process, it would not quit coalition: RPA

16:01 / 05/01/2010Armenia-Turkey normalization process proved that
Turkey is unready for the establishment of bilateral relations, member
of Ramkavar Azatakan Party Harutyun Arakelyan told the reports
Saturday.

According to him, in this situation Armenia should adopt a law,
assuming criminal penalty for the negation of the fact of Armenian
Genocide.

According to him, Armenia should lodge a suit on recognition of
Genocide in the International court. `It is necessary to file a
complaint in the International court against Azerbaijan for the
perpetration of genocide against Armenian population in Baku, Sumgait,
Kirovabad, as well as the killing of its population in Khojalu,’ he
said.

Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) member Karen Avagyan noted there was
a menace that Armenia-Turkey normalization process will suspend the
international process of Armenian Genocide recognition. `As we saw it
did not happen. On the contrary, the Armenian Genocide was discussed
by world community more than ever,’ he stated. According to him,
Armenian diplomacy both resisted Turkey’s pressure its attempts to
link Armenia-Turkey reconciliation with Karabakh conflict resolution
and nailed down Turkish side. `If ARF Dashnaktsutyun knew such an
outcome of Armenia-Turkey normalization process beforehand, it would
not quit the coalition,’ Avagyan stressed.

L.A.