October 4, thousands of Armenians throughout California gathered near Beverly Hilton Hotel to protest against Armenia-Turkey Protocols while RA President Serzh Sargsyan met with the Armenian Americans to present the Protocols, Asbarez daily reports. The rally was organized within the frames of “Stop The Protocols” Campaign.

The protestors were carrying “No to the Protocols!” banner. According to the daily, Armenian delegation “stood out on their 12th floor balcony and watched demonstrators, who called out in hopes that the President would address them directly.”

During the four-hour demonstration the protestors broke the police cordon and surrounded the hotel, stopping traffic on Wilshire Blvd.

ARFD Western Region Central Committee member Hovan Tashdjian talked to the protestors after the meeting with RA President Serzh Sargsyan. He stated that Diaspora representatives expressed protest against the Protocols.