YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian authorities have no idea of what is primary in the Armenian-Turkish normalization. Declaring this at the November 24 discussion, the member of the ARF Bureau Vahan Hovhannisian said that the opening of the border should be a means of reaching a goal, whereas for Armenian authorities it has become a goal in itself. According to him, the authorities say that the border's opening would help solve many domestic problems, but in reality this is not the case. In his words, the authorities fail to deal with domestic problems such as the fight against corruption and bridling the oligarchy, and under such conditions the opening of the border becomes a goal, which is fraught with serious dangers for Armenia. For that reason, according to V. Hovhannisian, reservations are very important in case of ratification of the Armenia-Turkey protocols. "However, we do not understand what reservations the Armenian authorities can have," V. Hovhannisian said, adding that the most correct thing is not to ratify the protocols, which would allow Armenia to avoid the existing dangers. He expressed an opinion that the link between the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations and the Karabakh conflict settlement still remains. Assessing the role of Russia in the processes of normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations and the Karabakh conflict settlement, he said that Russia's role is dangerous for Armenia.

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