The European Armenian Federation takes note of the fact that the Armenian Nation is all in all opposed in Armenia as well as in the Diaspora to the ratification of the protocols between Armenia and Turkey.
Besides the frank opposition in Armenia of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, the Heritage Party, and most of the Armenian National Movement, the spontaneous and hostile demonstrations to these protocols which greeted president Sarkissian during his tour attest to the strength and massive character of these protests everywhere in the world.
In this context, the European Armenian Federation considers that as nothing has yet been finalised, calls to an intensification of the political action so that the Armenian National Assembly will indeed reject these protocols.
The petition www.votch.org launched by a group of about ten European intellectuals already gained the hearts and the spirits of most of the Armenian population in Armenia and the Diaspora. Thousands of people – among which key figures and even representatives of the Armenian diplomacy – spontaneously signed this petition in 60 countries including 22 from the European Union.
The Federation calls on all those who consider that these protocols constitute a threat towards the independence of Armenia and the stability of the South Caucasus, to express their opposition by signing the petition www.votch.org. The signature of this text by a significant quorum of the Armenian nation will give legitimacy to a delegation which will be in charge of informing the Armenia national deputies of the real opinion of the Armenian population. This initiative will be relayed by the free Armenian press all over the world.
The European Armenian Federation considers that the Armenian executive power was driven back with these protocols under the pressure of strategic interests of regional powers. The Federation estimates that the rejection of these protocols by the Armenian National Assembly would constitute an honourable and democratic solution for Armenia and the Armenian nation.
Armenia needs you, it requires that you say “Votch” (no) to these protocols of the capitulation. We must all sign the petition.
Country | Number of signers | Country | Number of signers | Country | Number of signers |
France | 20.52% | Sweden | 0.44% | Estonia | 0.07% |
Russian Federation | 17.54% | Uruguay | 0.44% | Ireland | 0.07% |
United States | 12.26% | Egypt | 0.42% | Czech Republic | 0.05% |
Armenia | 6.84% | Spain | 0.42% | Finland | 0.05% |
Canada | 6.40% | Cyprus | 0.39% | Mexico | 0.05% |
Lebanon | 5.94% | Bulgaria | 0.29% | Belarus | 0.02% |
Germany | 3.27% | Georgia | 0.24% | Cameroon | 0.02% |
Belgium | 1.47% | Israel | 0.24% | Guinea Bissau | 0.02% |
United Kingdom | 1.27% | Jordan | 0.24% | Hungary | 0.02% |
Syrian Arab Republic | 1.22% | Qatar | 0.22% | India | 0.02% |
Ukraine | 1.22% | Iraq | 0.20% | Kyrgyzstan | 0.02% |
Argentina | 1.17% | Kuwait | 0.20% | Luxembourg | 0.02% |
Australia | 0.98% | United Arab Emirates | 0.20% | Moldova | 0.02% |
Greece | 0.85% | Abkhazia | 0.17% | New Zealand | 0.02% |
Austria | 0.71% | Norway | 0.12% | Pakistan | 0.02% |
Italy | 0.71% | Romania | 0.12% | Poland | 0.02% |
Brazil | 0.64% | China | 0.10% | Portugal | 0.02% |
Iran, Islamic Republic | 0.59% | South Africa | 0.10% | Saudi Arabia | 0.02% |
Switzerland | 0.59% | Latvia | 0.07% | Tunisia | 0.02% |
Netherlands | 0.51% | Uzbekistan | 0.07% | Turkey | 0.02% |
