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AGBU President Says He Supports Armenian-Turkish Protocols
The presidential press department reports that RoA President Serzh Sargsyan today met with AGBU President Berge Setrakian in Yerevan. President Sargsyan welcomed the active participation shown by the AGBU towards solving issues of a pan-national character and said that he always was glad to hear about the new projects of the organization. President Setrakian informed the RoA President as to the current and future projects of the AGBU.
The two also touched upon the latest developments regarding Armenian-Turkish dialogue and Mr. Setrakian stated that the AGBU naturally was following events closely and with great anticipation. The press department says that Mr. Setrakian expressed the AGBU’s support for the recent protocols leading to a normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations and stressed the fact that they contain no preconditions.
4 Responses to “AGBU President Says He Supports Armenian-Turkish Protocols”
1. levon Says:
September 4th, 2009 at 20:50
is AGBU’s president high when he says they contain no preconditions? Has he not read the preconditions for Armenia to recognize Turkey’s current borders and to research the validity of the Genocide with Turkish scholars. This is not to mention the most important precondition that their prime minster always repeats which is Artsakh’s final resolution on Azeri terms.
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2. Koko Says:
September 4th, 2009 at 21:12
It is no wonder that Setrakian would go along with the protocols. After all, the AGBU feels it has to suck up to the corrupt government to operate in Armenia.
It does not surprise me to see Setrakian sell out Armenians. His daughter is also a sellout – a Middle East correspondent for ABC News.
It seems to run in the family.
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3. Tsol Says:
September 4th, 2009 at 22:29
Do these bigwigs at the AGBU really think the Armenian people — and any justice-loving people around the world — are buying this? The AGBU doesn’t represent or speak for the Armenian people. They represent the robber-baron class, looking out for themselves and their own interests. Same goes for the AAA, co-opted organizations, and mainstream international media, parroting what the US State Dept, NATO, Turkey and Israel (and Anti-Defamation League) want to hear!
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4. Aram Says:
September 4th, 2009 at 22:43
The AGBU, once a cultural-humanitarian organization and now a business club and monopoly, has once again disgraced the Armenian nation and people. Its 22,000 members around the world should ashamed of having a liar of a president, who not works against the founding principles and mission of the AGBU, but whose words and actions are extremely detrimental to the Armenian Cause.
Berge Setrakian is wrong on every single account: from working hard to make sure that the Melkonian School in Cyprus does not reopen to aiding and abetting Armenia’s unelected officials in prolonging their illegal rule. He must resign!
His intellectually dishonest statements assert that the protocols contain no preconditions, when in fact, the protocols explicitly and implicitly state every single known Turkish precondition: a joint study of 1915; recognizing Turkey’s current borders = Turkey forever keeping 90% of indigenous Armenian lands (Western Armenia and Cilicia); recognizing the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan = handing all of Artsakh over to the Azeris; and much, much more.
Did Setrakian even bother to read the protocols? Or, was he too busy regurgitating “favorable” passages from the Armenian Foreign Ministry and U.S. State Department websites, while thinking of the latest gains of the his, the AGBU’s and other board members’ multiple businesses in Armenia, which are paying little if any taxes to the Armenian government?!
Once again, Berge Setrakian is a disgrace to the Armenian nation and people. He must resign NOW!
AGBU President Says He Supports Armenian-Turkish Protocols
The presidential press department reports that RoA President Serzh Sargsyan today met with AGBU President Berge Setrakian in Yerevan. President Sargsyan welcomed the active participation shown by the AGBU towards solving issues of a pan-national character and said that he always was glad to hear about the new projects of the organization. President Setrakian informed the RoA President as to the current and future projects of the AGBU.
The two also touched upon the latest developments regarding Armenian-Turkish dialogue and Mr. Setrakian stated that the AGBU naturally was following events closely and with great anticipation. The press department says that Mr. Setrakian expressed the AGBU’s support for the recent protocols leading to a normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations and stressed the fact that they contain no preconditions.
4 Responses to “AGBU President Says He Supports Armenian-Turkish Protocols”
1. levon Says:
September 4th, 2009 at 20:50
is AGBU’s president high when he says they contain no preconditions? Has he not read the preconditions for Armenia to recognize Turkey’s current borders and to research the validity of the Genocide with Turkish scholars. This is not to mention the most important precondition that their prime minster always repeats which is Artsakh’s final resolution on Azeri terms.
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2. Koko Says:
September 4th, 2009 at 21:12
It is no wonder that Setrakian would go along with the protocols. After all, the AGBU feels it has to suck up to the corrupt government to operate in Armenia.
It does not surprise me to see Setrakian sell out Armenians. His daughter is also a sellout – a Middle East correspondent for ABC News.
It seems to run in the family.
Reply
3. Tsol Says:
September 4th, 2009 at 22:29
Do these bigwigs at the AGBU really think the Armenian people — and any justice-loving people around the world — are buying this? The AGBU doesn’t represent or speak for the Armenian people. They represent the robber-baron class, looking out for themselves and their own interests. Same goes for the AAA, co-opted organizations, and mainstream international media, parroting what the US State Dept, NATO, Turkey and Israel (and Anti-Defamation League) want to hear!
Reply
4. Aram Says:
September 4th, 2009 at 22:43
The AGBU, once a cultural-humanitarian organization and now a business club and monopoly, has once again disgraced the Armenian nation and people. Its 22,000 members around the world should ashamed of having a liar of a president, who not works against the founding principles and mission of the AGBU, but whose words and actions are extremely detrimental to the Armenian Cause.
Berge Setrakian is wrong on every single account: from working hard to make sure that the Melkonian School in Cyprus does not reopen to aiding and abetting Armenia’s unelected officials in prolonging their illegal rule. He must resign!
His intellectually dishonest statements assert that the protocols contain no preconditions, when in fact, the protocols explicitly and implicitly state every single known Turkish precondition: a joint study of 1915; recognizing Turkey’s current borders = Turkey forever keeping 90% of indigenous Armenian lands (Western Armenia and Cilicia); recognizing the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan = handing all of Artsakh over to the Azeris; and much, much more.
Did Setrakian even bother to read the protocols? Or, was he too busy regurgitating “favorable” passages from the Armenian Foreign Ministry and U.S. State Department websites, while thinking of the latest gains of the his, the AGBU’s and other board members’ multiple businesses in Armenia, which are paying little if any taxes to the Armenian government?!
Once again, Berge Setrakian is a disgrace to the Armenian nation and people. He must resign NOW!
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