YEREVAN. – Armenia must withdraw, by 2015, its signature from the Armenian-Turkish protocols.

Giro Manoyan, Head of the Political Affairs Bureau and the Armenian Cause Office of the Armenian opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party, noted the aforementioned at a press conference on Monday.

As per Manoyan, the Armenian party should make it clear that Turkey is the reason for the failure of the talks to normalize bilateral relations.

“It was announced that the Armenian party still continues to have its signature under the protocols. [The years between] 2010 and 2014 are enough time for that ‘still,’” he added. 

The ARF official noted that the protocols have adversely affected the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide, and, over the course of the past five years, solely one country, Sweden, has formally recognized the genocide.