Nobody has the right to sign such a document
"I would never sign such a document and I assure you that I don't envy the person who will soon sign it," former RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan said today.
According to him, the documents go against Armenia's national interests.
"We are completely giving up our historical rights and are eliminating even the formal possibility of restoring historical justice."
Oskanyan took note of the fact that the pre-signed protocols allow the Turks to get what they have wanted for the past 17 years.
"I feel that we are at a loss," said Oskanyan, adding that the opening of the border will first and foremost benefit Turkey. He especially considered the proposition to recognize borders as unacceptable and informed that although there are many countries that have recognized each other's territorial integrity, that doesn't mean recognition of current borders.
Vardan Oskanyan recalled that Armenia hasn't even recognized the borders with brother Georgia. "We respect Georgia's territorial integrity, but there is still demarcation of borders. Azerbaijan and Georgia haven't recognized their borders, but they are in good relations.
Oskanyan sees a real danger in the creation of a Turkish-Armenian commission of historians and informs that Turkey is already discussing the issue of addressing countries that have recognized the Armenian Genocide with the demand to change their decision after the ratification by both parliaments.
Vardan Oskanyan said that another danger concerned tying the Karabakh conflict with the Turkish-Armenian relations. According to Oskanyan, Turkey is the first to benefit from the opening of the Turkish-Armenian border and improvement of relations, but Turkey is doing that on the account of Armenia. "No Armenian has the right to sign such a document," said Oskanyan.
Oskanyan is amazed to hear the statements that Armenia has no prospects for development without the opening of the border. He finds that the obstacle for Armenia's development is lack of democracy. He called on the rise of the people and even expressed willingness to lead it.
