Armenian-Turkish Protocols to be considered international treaties with binding legal effect

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Final signature of Armenian-Turkish Protocols will have negative impact on Armenia. Despite international community and Armenian authorities' statements, document will be perceived as international treaty," ARFD parliamentary faction leader Vahan Hovhannisyan told today a press conference in Yerevan.



Protocols, he said, contain agreement clauses which will have binding legal effect after being signed. And that's what Turkish senior officials confirm in their statements. Mr. Hovhannisyan also stressed the importance of considering Turkish Foreign Minister's statement on OSCE MG's failure to achieve Karabakh conflict settlement and proposal to make process effective. «All that testifies to Turkey's intention of being directly involved in the settlement of Artsakh problem,» he said.



At that he noted that Protocol signing will intensify hostilities between Armenia and Turkey since documents contain anti-Armenian clauses not subject to implementation. «By signing Protocols, Turkey will continue pressures and hostilities, since Armenia is undertaking commitments that give rise to concerns," ARFD faction leader said.



To journalists' question concerning possibilities of cooperation between Dashnaktrutyun and Heritage, he gave positive answer, stating that two parties will maintain close contacts.



In response to the question whether ARFD considered itself a pro-opposition force only because of Armenian-Turkish process, Mr. Hovhannisyan said there were many other decisions their party disagreed with. "A priority issue at present is Armenian-Turkish relations, hence more attention is focused on that problem," he noted.