YEREVAN. - Armenia should withdraw its signature and put an end to the shameful Armenian-Turkish protocols, said Armenian presidential candidate, leader of Heritage party Raffi Hovannisian this Tuesday, when meeting with voters in the city of Ararat, Ararat region, Armenian News-NEWS.am reports.

“Either diplomatic relations are established until April 24, 2015, and the Armenian-Turkish border is opened, or the Armenian side will, for the first time, present its own reasonable preconditions for the normalization of relations between the two countries," the presidential candidate said.

According to him, the Javakheti region will become the factor which will provide common security of the two nations, while maintaining their national, ethnic, and administrative rights, instead of splitting Armenia and Georgia apart.

“Finally, we should reach the construction of horizontal relations, with Russia, the United States of America, China and the European Union, who are our partners, of course, with the pursuit of our national interests,” Hovannisian said.

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