"Serzh Sargsyan has split the Diaspora"
Nagorno Karabakh's ex Defence Minister Samvel Babayan characterizes the Armenian-Turkish Protocols as pro-Turkey documents, resulted by long-run negotiations.
"With the adoption of the Protocols, Armenia endorses Turkey's territorial wholeness and neglects the Genocide issue while the two issues are interrelated," Samvel Babayan told a news conference on October 9.
NKR's former Defence Minister notes that the documents contain rough breaches which need to be addressed.
"Azerbaijan has a great influence on Turkey today and if Turkey crowns the negotiation process with success Armenia will either have to abort the process or present Nagorno Karabakh to Azerbaijan.
The ratification of the Protocols by the Armenian National Assembly will raise the issue of power change. Surely, I shall second people and oppose to the documents. We are ready to struggle with anyone for the sake of Karabakh."
Asked whether he is ready to join ARF's protest against the Protocols, Mr. Babayan said: "ARF-Dashnaktsutiun's uprising is natural as they have no other alternative but consolidate the Armenian nation against the Armenia-Turkey Protocols. In this context, we should unite, help each other and elect a leader."
"On his way to the normalization of Armenian-Turkish ties Serzh Sargsyan has made grave mistakes, in particular he has ignored the opinion of Armenians and Karabakhi people and split the Diaspora," added Mr. Babayan.
