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YEREVAN (Yerkir Media)—Chanting “No,” “No
Compromise to the Turks,” and “Mr. President do not Compromise,”
more than 60,000 protesters took to the streets of the capital
and began marching from Republic Square at the center of the
city to the Presidential Palace in a protest against the
Turkey-Armenia protocols.
At the presidential palace, an statement from
the protesters and signed by 12 political parties and 60
organizations was delivered to the presidential staff.
From there, the protesters, whose number was
growing as the procession walked by different streets and
neighborhoods around Yerevan, headed to the Dzidzernagapert
Memorial Monument, where a political rally is expected to take
place.
The protest is organized by the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation and is joined by other political
parties, including the Heritage Party.
Asbarez will provide continuous coverage as
events unfold in Yerevan, a day before the foreign ministers of
Armenia and Turkey are expected to sign the protocols in Zurich.
Attending the ceremony will be Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, French Foreign
Minister Bernard Kouchner and European Union foreign policy
chief Javier Solana.
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