President Serzh Sargsyan’s pan-Armenian tour has from the very beginning been a show, without any purpose of coming to terms on the Armenian-Turkish protocols with the Armenian Diaspora. From this point of view, the President has achieved his aim – Armenian TV channels provided wide coverage of his visits “to his best advantage,” Armen Martirosyan, Board Chairman, Heritage Party, told NEWS.am.

“I am sure that, despite the opinion voiced by the Diaspora and by the Armenian people as a whole, the Armenian-Turkish protocols will eventually be signed,” Martirosyan said. He stressed that the 12 parties will continue their cooperation in opposing the Armenian-Turkish protocols. “I do not think it is a new political alliance, but –” Martirosyan said. He expressed a wish that the Armenian National Congress (ANC) joins the 12.

Martirosyan voiced concern that the protocols, if signed, will drive a wedge between Armenia and the Armenian Diaspora. “Unfortunately, this process is under way, and some of President Sargsyan’s incautious statements concerning the Diaspora are only exacerbating the situation. Many of Armenia’s achievements are the result of its cooperation with the Diaspora, aren’t they? The Diaspora also made a great contribution to the struggle for Nagorno-Karabakh,” Martirosyan said.