In Karine Danielian's opinion, initiation of
Armenian-Turkish protocols entrapped Armenia
08-10-2009 19:00:00 | Armenia | Politics
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The Institute of Open
Society NGO held a telephone survey in Yerevan to find out
society's opinion of the normalization process of
Armenian-Turkish relations and the initiated Armenian-Turkish
protocols. As organization head Edgar Hakobian reported at an
October 8 press conference, 1306 citizens above 18 took part in
the survey.
The majority of respondents, 61.6% is aware of the latest
developments in normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations.
58.7% of them treats positively the initiative of normalizing
the Armenian-Turkish relations, 29.2% treats negatively and
12.1% is neutral. In the opinion of 48.5% respondents, the
protocols have no preconditions and 37.2% considers that they
have preconditions. 22.4% considers that the opening of the
Armenian-Turkish border is rather necessary for Armenia, 16.3%
for Turkey and 22% for Armenia and Turkey.
In the opinion of RA Public Council member Karine
Danielian, very often people do not answer sincerely to such
questions. "They often think that it is a check of how they
treat the authorities," she said. K. Danielian is among the few
members of the Public Council who thinks that the protocols
contain more risks than positive elements. "In my opinion, we
are caught in a trap. The initiation has already taken place,
the process has started, the international community has
welcomed it. And if we renounce it now, we will meet a very
negative attitude," K. Danielian said.