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    ARS opposes Armenian-Turkish protocols

    Yerkir
    30.09.2009 15:43
    Yerevan

    Yerevan (Yerkir) - Armenian Relief Society Central Executive Board
    issued on September 25 a statement denouncing the Armenian-Turkish
    protocols pre-signed on August 31.

    Below is the text of the statement.

    Since August 31, 2009, the Armenian people have been focused on the
    mutually agreed protocols for the establishment and development of
    relations between Turkey and Armenia.

    We realize that Armenians and Turks are bound to live as neighbors,
    but we also believe that peaceful coexistence between the peoples of
    any neighboring countries should be based on the premises of justice
    and mutual respect for each other's rights in an atmosphere of trust
    and sincerity.

    Based on this belief, we conclude that the Armenia-Turkey protocols,
    drafted with mediation by Switzerland, to be a document that, once
    again, tramples upon the dignity and rights of the Armenian people,
    and instead of establishing peace between the peoples of Armenia and
    Turkey, they pave the way for renewed tensions and crises.

    We were expecting that during this period of public discussion
    announced by the President of Armenia, it would be possible to amend
    and improve this document with the input of Armenians from Armenia
    and the Diaspora, basing it on principles of justice and human
    rights. These principles envision Turkey to assume responsibility
    for the Genocide and agree to repa rations. However, to our great
    disappointment, we learned that the protocols cannot be amended and
    are to be accepted, or rejected, as they stand.

    Under these circumstances, the Armenian Relief Society finds the
    protocols, which clearly counter the national interests of the Armenian
    people and pose a threat to the national security of Armenia, totally
    unacceptable. We reject the protocols in the name of chapters and
    members of the organization, which is active in 26 countries around
    the world. This organization, whose scattered presence around the
    globe is the direct result of the Genocide itself and for decades
    since 1915, has been gathering the orphaned and widowed survivors
    of the Genocide under its humanitarian umbrella, and has spared no
    effort to keep the torch of Armenian cause alive in the hearts of
    generations of Armenians.

    In the name of all Armenian women widowed by the Turkish scythe and
    their orphaned children, we ask the Armenian Government to take a
    step back from the edge of the precipice, and to realize the grave
    consequences, and to join the protest raised globally against these
    dubious protocols, and to reinstate the unity of the people and
    the state.
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