Armenian Opposition Protests Against Protocols Produced Result

ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PROTESTS AGAINST PROTOCOLS PRODUCED RESULT

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
22.10.2009 15:32 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Protests against Armenia-Turkey protocols will
continue, said Aram Karapetyan, leader of New Times party.

"Protests actions reached two goals: Armenian authorities had to
confess existence of preconditions in the protocols while world powers
had to understand that the problem can’t be resolved too quickly,"
he told reporters on Oct. 22.

Commenting on the initiative of two U.S. Senators to adopt a law
recognizing the Armenian Genocide, Mr. Karapetyan said, "The U.S.

administration wants to alleviate anti-American attitude among the
Armenian community and at the same time to hurry Turkey with the
ratification of protocols."

He also emphasized that the RA Constitutional Court is concerned
about the ongoing process with Turkey.

As to ratification procedure Mr. Karapetyan remarked, "The wish to
ratify Armenia-Turkey protocols through a secret vote demonstrates
that the ruling parties are aware of the anti-Armenian essence of
the document and want to avoid responsibility for the move."