Armenian-Turkish protocols signed on October 10 in Zurich must not be ratified as they impose a direct threat to Armenia’s security, was stated by Tigran Pashabezyan, coordinator of Armenian Secret Army for Liberation of Armenia’s ‘Oukht Ararati’ (The Order of Ararat) organization.
According to Pashabezyan, the signing of the protocols has activated a number of Islamic terrorist organizations which have already implemented numerous acts of terror in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan since October 10; and there is apprehension that if the document is ratified something similar would start happening in Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Samtskhe-Javakheti.
“After their signing Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan undertook a trip to the countries with major Armenian communities; why, in that case, did Turkish President Abdullah Gul not take such a trip? The answer is obvious – the protocols are of openly pro-Turkish character,” says Pashabezyan.
He informed that the organization he represents has addressed an open letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, US President Barack Obama, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, presidents of Armenia and Turkey Serzh Sargsyan and Abdullah Gul, as well as to the presidents of the UN Security Council’s member countries – China and the United Kingdom, saying that the Zurich protocols question the Sevres Treaty of 1919 which is the guarantee of the stability of the state borders in the region.
The US Department of State has blacklisted ASALA – an Armenian transnational ethnic organization founded in 1975 in Beirut – as a terrorist organization.
The organization’s main purpose is the restoration of Armenia’s historic land. The organization has been mostly dormant since the end of hostilities in Nagorno Karabakh.
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