The participants in a demonstration of protest organized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) stopped in front of the presidential residence and adopted a declaration, calling on the Armenian leader not to put his signature to the initialed Armenian-Turkish protocols.

Head of the RA Presidential Administration Karen Karapetyan met with the demonstrators, who handed the text of the declaration to him. The ARF member Armen Rustamyan read the declaration aloud.

According to the declaration, Armenia’s foreign policy had deviated from the course of normalizing relations with Turkey without any preconditions. “The protocols contain points posing threat to national security. The six-day discussions showed most people are against the signing of the protocols. However, the proponents, with rare exception, have been unable to inform the public by means of television. We demand that you should not sign the protocols. Otherwise, you will bear the responsibility for the unpredictable consequences of this step,” the document reads.

Thousands of demonstrators made their way for the Monument to the victims of the Armenian Genocide and started a rally there at 7:00 p.m. local time. The demonstrators were shouting slogans “No to Turkish preconditions!” and “President, do not give in!”.