Director of the ARF Dashnktsutyun bureau's Hay Dat and political affairs office expects no progress in normalization of Turkish-Armenian ties on the threshold of the Genocide centenary, Panorama.am reported.

As Giro Manoyan told a news conference in Yerevan, Armenia must withdraw its signature from the rapprochement Protocols with Turkey, seeing as Ankara uses the document to create semblance of ongoing negotiations.

He further slammed Turkey’s role in the Armenian-populated Kessab attacks, characterizing Turkish society as a victim of Ankara authorities' denial policy. According to Manoyan, Armenian society should help the Turkish one to learn and come to terms with its own history. As he further noted, demands of the Genocide recognition and retribution should continue to be voiced.

In conclusion, he hailed the remarks of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French leader Francois Hollande calling Turkey to face its past. "Those would be undreamt-of statements 30 years ago," Manoyan said.