September 24, Armenian Embassy in Washington hosted the representatives of political parties, associations and religious confessions, Asbarez daily reports. They met with RA Ambassador to U.S. Tatoul Markarian to express concern over the initialed Armenia-Turkey Protocols.

The delegation comprised representatives from the Eastern and Western Prelacies of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, the Eparchy of the Armenian Catholic Church in the U.S. and Canada, Armenian Missionary Association of America, the Hamazkayin Cultural and Educational Association, Armenian Relief Society (ARS), Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) and ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD).

The delegation handed a letter to Markarian, saying the Armenia-Turkey Protocols aroused concern among Armenian U.S. community and entire Diaspora.
“The letter rejected the idea of negotiating over historical matters and stressed that the recognition of the Armenian Genocide is a precondition to any negotiation. It also noted that recognizing borders and territorial integrity means renouncing our struggle for justice,” the daily reports.