ARFD: Protocols can't be ratified as they are

PanARMENIAN.Net - ARF Dashnaktsutyun Supreme Body representative Armen Rustamyan presented Wednesday the statement of ARFD, containing comments on the RA Constitutional Court's resolution on conformity of the Armenia-Turkey protocols with the RA Organic Law.



ARDF statement says that RA Constitutional Court had enough factual grounds to find the Protocols not appropriate.



"Both Armenia and Diaspora reaped positive results from anti-protocol protest rallies. Resolution of Constitutional Court is the first factor proving that only settlement of diplomatic relations and opening of border can be the subject of negotiations. RA CC also addressed the main apprehensions over the protocols, and thus created certain preconditions for reservations to be introduced by Armenia We could smooth over apprehensions, if some restrictions are introduced while ratifying protocols," the statement says.



The protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of the common border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of diplomatic talks held through Swiss mediation.



On January 12, 2010, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia found the protocols conformable to the country's Organic Law.