"President shouldn't have accepted the invitation"
Leader of the ARF-Dashnaktsutiun faction Vahan Hovhannisian is sorry to have watched the signing of the Protocols between Armenia and Turkey on October 10.
For decades we have tried to break the wall of silence over the Genocide issue and Hay Dat. With the signing of the Protocols, they reinforced the wall on the back of Foreign Ministers Edward Nalbandian and Ahmed Davutoglu who keep the Armenian issue as a stake in their political calculations," says Vahan Hovhannisian.
During today's news conference the ARF-Dashnaktsutiun faction leader noted that the Protocols were dangerous and shouldn't have been signed. The Protocols must be thrown down before they are sent to Parliament for ratification.
"Serzh Sargsyan has accepted his Turkish counterpart's invitation out of politeness. I think that in such complicated situations national interests must prevail over other issues. Eventually, the President could have said: "since the conditions are not met, I shall not come to Turkey. I shall watch the game on TV."
Vahan Hovhannisian doesn't rule out that Turkey's Parliament may ratify the Protocols by the turn of the year, as the documents are advantageous to Turkey.
If anyway, the Armenian-Turkish border is not opened, the ARF-Dashnaktsutiun leader proposes to hurry up with the construction of Armenia-Iran railway.
Though the Yerevan City Hall has not sanctioned ARF's rally, we shall hold the rally on October 16," Mr. Hovhannisian told journalists.
