Addressing his party mates, the leader of the Armenian Opposition, Chairman of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) Levon Ter-Petrosyan harshly criticized the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) and the ex-foreign minister Vartan Oskanian for being “insincere” in protesting against the Armenian-Turkish protocols.

“I cannot understand how the ARF can protest against the modern-day Armenian-Turkish border of it is they that signed the Alexandropol Treaty thereby drawing the borders. How can they demand that Turkey respect Armenians’ historical rights if they renounced them by repudiating the Treaty of Sèvres? This all applies to Vartan Oskanian. Why has he, all of a sudden, recalled his historical homeland, Western Armenia, Marash, whereas, when Armenian Foreign Minister, he never responded to Robert Kocharyan;s statement that Armenia had no territorial claims to Turkey. Why did not he say that was betrayal, violation of the Armenian people’s right?” Ter-Petrosyan asked with indignation.

Strangely enough, the Opposition leader tried to defend RA President Serzh Sargsyan from the ARF’s attacks. “Besides the previously committed sins, it is unfair to accuse Serzh Sargsyan of sins he has not committed. He was not the first to recognize the modern-day Armenian-Turkish border – Dashnaks and Bolsheviks did it by means of the treaties of Alexandropol and Kars. He was not the first to renounce territorial claims to Turkey – Robert Kocharyan did it before. He is not the one who, in response to the demand to admit the Armenian Genocide, received Turkey’s proposal for forming a scientific committee – Robert Kocharyan and Vartan Oskanian are the persons. He is not the one who ousted Nagorno-Karabakh from the negotiations – Robert Kocharyan, Vartan Oskanian and Arkady Ghukasyan are the persons. Finally, he was not the one who got the Madrid principles submitted to the sides – he inherited them from Robert Kocharyan and Vartan Oskanian,” Ter-Petrosyan said. He pointed out Serzh Sargsyan’s responsibility as a key figure of the Robert Kocharyan regime. According to Ter-Petrosyan, the political forces that were in power under Robert Kocharyan, but “have turned into Opposition now,” are responsible as well.