President's tour aims at showing the world Armenia's multimillion Diaspora community

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Bilateral concerns over Armenian-Turkish normalization are quite natural," RPA Press Secretary Edward Sharmazanov told a news conference in Yerevan. Highly appreciating President's initiative, he stated he didn't know "any President who'd consider Diaspora's opinion and conduct such policy". President's tour, he said, aims at creating a new discussion format. That means, key issues determining Armenia's future will be discussed beyond country's borders with Diaspora's direct involvement.



RPA Press Secretary also criticized some MPs who accuse President of making untrue statements. Besides, he noted that since taking office Serzh Sargsyan has not signed any document related to Armenia whereas it looks as though all agreements, including Kars Treaty were undersigned by him. "The only document so far signed by Armenian President was the 1994 Temporary Ceasefire Agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan," Sharmazanov said.



Commenting on certain pro-opposition figures' advice to "learn lessons from history", he also stated that Armenian authorities will no longer repeat the mistakes of past. "We don't say Turkey is our ally, we just say bilateral normalization without preconditions is key to regional security."



If Protocols contained at least one clause posing threat to Armenia, President would have never agreed to talks, Sharmazanov said. He also noted that U.S. President Barrack Obama supported Mr. Sargsyan's initiative on normalizing bilateral ties without preconditions.