The leader of the Democratic Party of Armenia - including opponents of the signing of the Armenian-Turkish protocols.

The provisions initialed the Armenian-Turkish protocol on establishing diplomatic relations and bilateral relations are unacceptable for the national interests of the Armenian side and subject to revision, said today in Yerevan, leader of the Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA), first vice-president of the World Armenian Congress (WAC) Aram Sargsyan.

"Apparently, the text of the agreements did not pass legal review and, in my view, contains a number of vulnerable in our country and the provisions of the Armenian people," said the politician. According to him, without any problems can postpone the signing of the protocols for a maximum of a year, and by changes in the protocols to protect Armenia's national interests. "The first step is to clearly delineate the inter-state and transnational issues," he said.

The leader of the Democratic Party expressed the view that Armenian diplomats had minimal participation in the development of protocols. According to him, when signing the Protocols thereto, and should make a memorandum in which the parties must fully disclose its position on bilateral relations.

"An epidemic of sham" approved, with the course of the Armenian authorities to normalize relations with Turkey does not reflect the true mood of the public. The results of the survey, conducted by the Armenian Sociological Association (ASA) on September 21-25 in Yerevan are closer to reality than the one that shows a majority of the Armenian TV channels, "the politician said. According to this survey, 52.4% of residents of Yerevan are opposed to signing initialed the Armenian-Turkish protocols. During the signing of the protocols were 39.2% of respondents were undecided 8.4%. 47.9% of respondents were in favor of opening the Turkish-Armenian border, and 40.9% - that the border should not be open.

Aram Sargsyan expressed confidence that the arranger of the process of normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations is the U.S. who are interested in harnessing the full communication overpasses from Europe through Turkey and South Caucasus to the Middle East and Central Asian regions. According to First Vice-President of WAC, after the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations and opening the border in Armenia may have had changed the demographic picture. He cited the example of postwar Germany, which was flooded with Turkish immigrants.