Ara Papian seeks debate with Minister Nalbandian
Ara Papian, director of the Modus Vivendi Social and Scientific Research Center, has sent a letter to Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian with his arguments on the Armenian-Turkish Protocols.
Mr. Papian advises the Armenian FM to invite him to live debate if the latter disagrees with his arguments.
"I will take Mr. Nalbandian's silence as consent to my arguments," says Mr. Papian.
On October 1, at the end of parlimentray hearings on the bilateral Protocols, the Armenian FM announced: "Wilson's decision has no legal force since the U.S. Senate didn't ratify the document. "
Therefore, Mr. Papian has decided to answer Minister Nalbandian with an open letter.
Ara Papian says the Minister has confused two issues with chronological linkage -the issues of Armenia's mandate and borders; hence people have arrived at a wrong conclusion.
With regard to Wilson's decision, Mr. Papian says "any arbitral award has a legal force and is a binding document if it is made without procedural violations it. Moreover, arbitral awards are final and without appeal. The arbitral award is final and binding decision by an arbitrator):
The final and biding essence of arbitral awards is codified in the international right, particularly in the Hague Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes.
Thus, arbitral awards
1) are final and binding
2) need no ratification or approval
US President Vudro Wilson has determined the border between Armenia and Turkey with his arbitral award which is still in effect and is not subject to changes.
