Clauses of Armenian-Turkish Protocols contradict Armenia's interests

PanARMENIAN.Net - ARFD's protests and hunger strikes aim to awaken Armenian society's vigilance to preliminarily signed Armenian-Turkish Protocols, Head of ARFD faction Vahan Hovhannisyan said today during Parliament's evening session.



Protocols, according to Hovhannisyan, contain clauses endangering Armenia's interests, so the party intends to make amendments therein.



«Although President's recommendation requires normalization of ties without preconditions, we see that Protocols express all the preconditions of Turkish side and contain agreement clauses that give rise to concerns,» Hovhannisyan said,



Municipality's bans on ARFD's rallies in Republican Square and five-day carte blanche for another pro-opposition force clearly demonstrate that Armenia does really have opposition, Hovhannisyan finds.