We reject the Armenian Turkish Protocols

WE THE UNDERSIGNED are disappointed and concerned over your administrations acceptance of the so-called Protocols on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Armenia and Turkey.

Contrary to the claims of your government that normalisation would be negotiated with Turkey without preconditions, the provisions outlined in this protocol demonstrate a complete capitulation of Armenias interests to Turkeys longstanding anti-Armenian demands.

There are several passages in the protocol emphasising territorial integrity, the inviolability of frontiers, and the recognition of the existing border between the two countries. For Armenia to sign such a document would not only be tantamount to the acceptance of our criminal dispossession during the Genocide, but would also signify a dangerous reversal of Armenias support for the principle of self-determination as it relates to the people of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The proposal for an impartial and scientific examination of the historical records and archives between the two nations is equally detrimental and morally unacceptable. Such an initiative is clearly a ploy by Turkey to cast doubt on the veracity of the Armenian Genocide and roll back the growing tide of international recognition of this crime against humanity.
Rather than calling on Turkey to recognise the facts of the Armenian Genocide and build a relationship between the two countries based on truth and justice, your administration has now become complicit in Turkeys denial campaign through its endorsement of this protocol.

The Armenian people cannot accept this compromising of our national rights which is being pursued behind closed doors. For the sake of Armenias long-term viability and the future of our nation, we call on your administration to immediately withdraw your participation in these protocol negotiations in its current form and recommit to a forthright policy of normalisation without preconditions.