Aram Sargsyan, the first President of the International Armenian Congress and leader of Armenia’s Democratic Party, declared on September 30 that the Armenian-Turkish protocols are unacceptable as presently worded.

A majority of Armenians who took part in a recent survey on Turkish-Armenian relations have said they are against signing of the recently announced protocols guiding the normalization of relations between the two countries, reported Arminfo on Monday.

“We will actively participate in all those activities aimed at suspending the process of adoption of the Armenian-Turkish protocols,” Aram Karapetyan, leader of the “New Times” party told a news conference in Yerevan on Monday.

The opposition Heritage Party in the National Assembly believes that the text of the initialed protocols between Armenia and Turkey is flawed and needs to be edited before signing and stands by its conviction that a public referendum on the documents is warranted.

Former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian condemned the Turkey-Armenia protocols on Tuesday, subjecting Armenia’s fence-mending agreements with Turkey to harsh criticism and saying that Yerevan is giving the Turks “everything they have wanted for 17 years” and gaining very little in return.

For eight days three areas of Republic Square have become protest spots hosting those on hunger strike and sit-in against signing of the Armenian-Turkish protocols.

YEREVAN (Yerkir)—The Supreme Council of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation on Tuesday kicked off its month-long protest against the protocols on establishment and development of relations between Armenia and Turkey, with a hunger strike and sit at the Armenian Foreign Ministry and government headquarters. As 24 ARF members (the number 24 symbolizes April 24) began the [...]