Turkish deputies will impede border opening
"The Armenian National Congress was right when it warned the people about the current authorities' denial of genocide," said member of the ANC central headquarters Vladimir Karapetyan to "A1+".
"It is already clear that the authorities did everything to put an end to the process of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide and it was done by the agreement to create a sub-commission of historians," said Karapetyan.
He noticed incongruity in the Armenian translation which, he thinks, was a purposeful distortion.
"In the English version it is stated that the two protocols were brokered by the Swiss during the negotiations, but the word "pre-signed" was used in the Armenian translation. Perhaps they want to allude that the documents have been finally agreed on and signed-something not mentioned in the English version," said Vladimir Karapetyan who has studied the English version.
He underscores that if the Armenian side has accepted Turkey's precondition related to the issue of genocide, it has "opened the doors to some new developments that will not definitely lead to the opening of the Turkish-Armenian border soon."
V. Karapetyan finds that the Turkish deputies will impede the opening of the border and not the Armenian deputies.
"Here is the trap: both protocols must pass through procedures in both states and must be confirmed by the parliaments. The protocols will be signed within six weeks, but that is not enough to consider the protocols in effect. By taking into account the Turkish Prime Minister's announcements in parliament according to which the Turkish-Armenian border will not open until progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, I think that the Turkish parliament may impede the ratification of the document and tie that to the progress in the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict," said Vladimir Karapetyan.
Will the ANC participate in possible discussions within the framework of political consultations? In response Karapetyan said: "There can be no talks or discussions as long as there are still political prisoners in the country."
