YEREVAN, 16 FEBRUARY, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun believes President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan did the right thing by withdrawing the Turkey-Armenia Protocols from the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. At the same time, the Dashnaktsutyun believes Armenia has to go all the way and take back its signature from the Protocols as well. In an interview with “Armenpress”, representative of the ARF-D Bureau for the Armenian Cause and Political Affairs Kiro Manoyan mentioned the following: “The Dashnaktsutyun was against the Turkey-Armenia Protocols from the very first day, and after it became clear that Turkey didn’t want to establish relations with Armenia without preconditions, we urged the President to take back his signature from the Protocols. Withdrawing the Protocols from the National Assembly is commendable, but not sufficient since the justifications presented in the President’s letters were suffice for Armenia to take back its signature from the Protocols as well. It’s the right step, but the President has to go all the way,” Kiro Manoyan emphasized.

 The Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (SDHP) also positively assesses the President’s initiative to withdraw the Turkey-Armenia Protocols from the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. Chairman of the SDHP Narek Galstyan emphasized that what’s especially important is the fact that this is happening on the threshold of the 100^th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. “The SDHP has criticized the Armenian-Turkish Protocols several times. We believe the initial signing of the Protocols in Zurich was a step back. Over the past six years, we have had many occasions to call on withdrawing the Turkey-Armenia Protocols when the official Ankara showed that it’s not ready and doesn’t want to melt the ice in the Armenian-Turkish relations in any way. Thus, we positively assess Serzh Sargsyan’s initiative, which is commendable as it is ahead of the 100^thanniversary of the Armenian Genocide,” Narek Galstyan said.