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    DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S SARGSYAN
    Arman Gharibyan

    http://hetq.am/en/politics/aram-sargsya n-4/
    2009/09/30 | 13:07

    Aram Sargsyan, First President of the so-called International Armenian
    Congress and leader odf Armenia's Democratic Party, declared that
    the Armenian-Turkish protocols are unacceptable as presently worded.

    Tomorrow, Mr. Sargsyan will present a list of proposed modifications
    at the parliaments schedules hearings on the protocols. One will deal
    with the mutual obligations of both Armenia and Turkey. "Armenia has
    never had any obligation regarding Turkey. Turkey, via these protocols,
    wishes for Armenia to recognize the Treaty of Kars. But that was signed
    by five countries and thus isn't a bilateral obligation of Armenia."

    The Democratic Party will also demand that the protocols be examined
    by an international legal organization for applicability.

    Aram Sargsyan said that there is no need for an impartial
    examination of historical issues and that this simply means losing
    the international results of the Genocide recognition activities to
    date. He stated the view that Turkey wishes to unite with its brotherly
    countries in the region and that Armenia stands in the way of that aim.

    "If International Armenian Congress President Ara Abrahamyan were here
    now, he would be stating more or less the same things. Our positions
    are the same on this. Mr. Abrahamyan has said that he would express
    his views on the matter when President Sargsyan meets with Armenian
    leaders from the CIS countries in October.

    Aram Sargsyan stated that never before has the diaspora taken such
    an active interest in the policy affairs of Armenia. "These are
    pan-national issues. If the diaspora and Armenia split on this issue
    I cannot imagine a bigger blow to Armenia."

    Mr. Sargsyan stated that he believed it was possible to debate the
    legality of the protocols within the RoA Constitutional Court. "I
    am convinced that the protocols will wind up in the Constitutional
    Court where the issue of their constitutionality will be reviewed."

    He stated that the discussions now being held in various regional
    centres of Armenia is a foregone conclusion since most officials
    are dependent on the central government and thus must express their
    support of recent foreign policy moves.

    "There are enough political forces in Armenia and in the diaspora
    that can join together and see to it that these protocols are never
    ratified," he concluded.
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