Armenia on Thursday explicitly threatened to walk away from its landmark agreements with Turkey if Ankara continues to make their implementation conditional on the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Hrant Bagratian, the former Prime Minister under Levon Ter-Petrosian who is most well known as being the architect of Armenia’s free-market reforms and its disastrous economic transition, was recently quoted as saying, “The opening of the Turkish border means an end to monopolies. This is a significant step.” He argues that the Armenia-Turkey protocols pose [...]

A grouping of 14 political parties and dozens of organizations opposing the ratification of the Turkey-Armenia protocols gathered at the Erebouni business center Tuesday to discuss future activities and efforts now that the protocols are awaiting approval by Armenia’s Constitutional Court.

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Supreme Council of Armenia announced Tuesday that after receiving the authorities’ response on questions regarding the process of the Armenia-Turkey rapprochement, it plans to sue the government to prove the Foreign Ministry’s and government’s unconstitutional actions.

Yerevan (News.am) – The Armenian-Turkish protocols contain not only unacceptable provisions, but also incorrect wordings, Aram Sargsyan, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA) told a press conference. According to him, this fact alone is sufficient for the RA Constitutional Court to invalidate the documents as unconstitutional. If Armenia ratifies the protocols, it will [...]

Ted Tourian explores the ramifications to Armenian farmers (and Armenian society at large) if the borders with Turkey are opened, without adequate tariffs or tax incentives to protect Armenian farmers.

Ես մի երկու անգամ խոսել եմ այդ թեմայով, ու գնալով ավելի խստացնում եմ իմ դիրքորոշումը։ Կարելի՞ է թուրքերի հետ բարեկամություն անել։ Էս ի՞նչ պատահեց, մենք, ի՞նչ է, մանկուրտ դարձանք։ Երեկ էր, որ սպանում էին մեզ։ Էսօր է, որ սպանում են, Դինք են սպանում, Մարգարյան են սպանում, խեղճ տղային քնած կացնահարեցին։ Էդ թուրքերն են, չէ՞, թրքություն [...]

Town hall meetings have begun throughout the Western United States to inform Armenian communities of the current state of negotiations between Armenia and Turkey and the steps being taken to prevent the ratification of dangerous agreements between the two countries, the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) reported on Saturday.

Last year, Turkey’s leaders, fearful of the impact of an Obama victory and keenly aware that their new foreign policy direction – on Iraq, Iran, Israel and a host of other issues – would seriously limit their traditional ability to beat U.S. policymakers into line, shifted gears in their Armenian Genocide denial campaign, moving from [...]

Yerevan (Yerkir) – On November 20, a working meeting took place at the ARF’s “Simon Vratzian” central office in Yerevan with representatives of the various Armenian political parties who have issued a joint statement against the Armenia-Turkey Protocols. The participants in the meeting discussed future joint actions related to preventing the protocols from being ratified [...]