Many Diaspora representatives invited to the RA President Serzh Sargsyan’s Oct.7 meeting in Rostov-on-Don do not participate fully in community life. They neither read nor heard of the Armenia-Turkey Protocols, “Erkramas” newspaper chief editor Tigran Tavadyan told NEWS.am.

According to him, though many participants were openly criticizing the Protocols, including Ara Abramyan, President of the Union of Armenians in Russia, Yuri Navoyan, Russian-Armenian Commonwealth Organization chairman and Lieutenant General Murad Ter-Grigoryan.

Majority of the community representatives and businessmen advocated Serzh Sargsyan’s viewpoint, Tavadyan said. The editor himself protests against the Protocols’ signing. “I do not have second thought about the matter. I consider the President’s speech was not convincing enough, while answering the questions he did not bring those opposing the Protocols over”, Tavadyan concluded.

In the end of the meeting Sargsyan answered one or two submitted questions. No mass protest actions were organized in the city.

As NEWS.am reported earlier, RA President arrived in Rostov-on-Don within the framework of his Pan-Armenian tour. Prior to this Serzh Sargsyan visited Paris, New York, Los Angeles and Beirut. He exchanged opinions with Diaspora representatives on Armenia-Turkey initialed Protocols.