Obama is not bound to use the word "Genocide"
"Our rallies have never had a fictive character. We hold rallies to convey our concerns to public," says Stepan Demirchian, Leader of the People's Party of Armenia (HZhK).
The HZhK finds the formation of a historians' sub-commission to study the massacres of 1915 inadmissible. Obviously, the Protocol provision enables Turkey to reject the Armenian Genocide and hinders its recognition worldwide. Turkey can say to other countries: "Don't poke your nose into our affairs. We have set up a sub-commission and we shall settle our problems ourselves. Evidently, U.S. President is no longer bound to utter the word ""Genocide".
Regarding the authorities' statements that the Armenian Genocide can never be questioned, Mr. Demirchian said: "Surely, the Armenian side cannot question the issue.The Genocide is questioned by the opposite side and other countries which is a rough mistake."
"Armenian authorities make false announcements when they say that the Karabakh conflict is not linked to Armenian-Turkish relations. Though the Protocols make no reference to Karabakh, Turkey has always linked the normalization of bilateral ties with the resolution of the Karabakh conflict. The statements of Abdullah Gul and Recep tayyip Erdogan speak of this."
HZhK's stance towards the Karabakh conflict remains unaltered.
"The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was to be engaged in the talks from the very beginning and Armenia needn't have replaced NKR in the talks. The Minsk group also states that Nagorno-Karabakh should be involved in the talks."
Stepan Demirchian says the Armenian parliament will ratify the Protocols regardless of Armenian Revolutionary Federation's protests. "Our parliament will simply execute the order of Serzh Sargsyan."
Regarding the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border, Mr. Demirchian said: "Our country will not thrive even after the border opening. Armenia will not thrive unless the acting criminal and oligarchic regime resigns office. The opening will prove effective if it is accompanied by radical changes inside the country. Our first and foremost task is to get rid of this oligarchic system."
