ARA PAPYAN: ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS CONTAIN A LOT OF FLAWS
PanARMENIAN.Net
14.09.2009 15:57 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "I have several times estimated Armenian-Turkish
Protocols inadequate," said historian and diplomat Ara Papyan, Head
of Modus vivendi organization. Clause 10 of the Protocol "On the
Establishment of Diplomatic Ties between Armenia and Turkey" envisages
exchange of diplomatic missions. Such wording, which seems inoffensive
at first sight, "enables Turkey to establish de jure diplomatic
relations, reducing de facto productivity to zero," diplomat finds.
According to him, absence of clear-cut wording on opening diplomatic
missions allows Turkey to reject Armenia’s further requests for
opening Embassy in Ankara. In that regard, Papyan referred to Turkey’s
agreement with United States and Ukraine, where exchange of embassies
is an unacceptable term between parties. "Not specifying diplomatic
representatives’ rank, we allow for restrictions in the process,"
Papyan noted.
The expert finds that if Protocols had been signed with any other
country, there’s be no reason for concern. "Historical experience with
Turkey forces us to be more calculating and far-sighted," he stressed.