Do ARF actions favour the authorities?
Armenian parliament will ratify the Protocols between Armenia and Turkey within a reasonable timeframe, Galust Sahakian, head of the Republican parliamentary faction told A1+ on October 12.
"A reasonable timeframe must be sought in the statement of Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan who recently said the Armenian-Turkish frontier will be opened in the fall. It means the process will not last for months or years," says Mr. Sahakian.
"The National Assembly will include the issue on its agenda only after the Turkish parliament takes a decision on the frontier opening.
If Turkey proposes reservations, Armenian parliament will not include the issue on the agenda. We have outlined the borders outside which all talks are excluded. These borders are recognized by the international community, since no reaction followed Serzh Sargsyan's speech.
Even if Turkish parliament doesn't ratify the documents and enters no diplomatic relations with Armenia, we shall have nothing to lose or gain.
Mr. Sahakian is of a high opinion about the protests of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutiun. He went further and said that the protests contribute to Armenia's diplomatic achievements at the same time refuting the information that the actions had been agreed upon with Serzh Sargsyan.
