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Rupen Janbazian

Rupen Janbazian

Rupen Janbazian is the editor of Torontohye Monthly. He is the former editor of The Armenian Weekly and the former director of public relations of the Tufenkian Foundation. Born and raised in Toronto, he is currently based in Yerevan.
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  1. This ıs an extremely negatıve and sad article. Sabre rattling and for what? The reality is that we suffer because of closed borders and could benefıt hugely by simply opening them. It is not Turkey holding back but Armenıa failing to look forward and make conciliatory steps. The benfıts of open borders are huge and the people of Armenia should not be fooled by ARF rants. The world has changed and needs Christian countrıes to be bold and take the fırst step to reconciliation.

    • Turkey oppresses Kurds from gaining their independence and doesn’t accept the genocide of the Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians. On the other hand, its cousin Azerbaijan wipes out all historical traces of an ancient Armenian presence from our occupied lands, similarly Turkey desecrates Armenian cemeteries in order to build toilet facilities on top… And you want Armenia to take the first step to reconcile and concede? you sir don’t make sense.

    • There’s that word again “reconciliation”. That’s exactly what the denialist Turks are waiting for ….. over
      time the Armenians will seek “reconciliation”. No recognition of the crime! No reparations for the evil genocide! Just move on!
      Sorry not happening. Reconciliation will happen when the healing is enabled with recognition and reparation. The protocols were a reflection of a deal where Armenia gave everything. The duplicitous Turks had no intention of honoring the agreement. They proved their intentions by attempting to use the protocols to squeeze Armenia on Artsakh. Typical disingenuous behavior. Look at their record on the international scene since then …. oppressing Kurds, discriminating against Armenians, attacking the US allies in Syria, invading northern Iraq……and now threatening the Kurds in Iraq for displaying a desire for self-determination.
      Please don’t lecture Armenia on this.

  2. Pointless to have this go on when there is nothing of any consequent. turkey has no interest and has ulterior motives. Agree with you Rupen.

  3. I agree with you 100% that the protocols should be repealed immediately; it was more appropriate to repeal them in 2009. Once Serge went along with those protocols and cheered in Turkey when Turkey scored a goal against Armenia in soccer, I became convinced he was not the man to run our country. His stance against Sepilian, a Diasporan hero not in it for his own skin (like virtually all the leaders of our homeland), emboldened my disapproval of him. Finally the corruption during the last election was truly unbecoming of a Democracy.

    I’d give credit to ARF for condemning the protocols. However, ARF had enabled Serge with his excesses, which include an officially reported income of $230M last year, the most of any national figure. Sepilian is a true “Revolutionary” and Sasna Tsrer’s are the true “ARF.” Sadly, the leaders of ARF have chosen to support Serge and live like fat cats at the expense of the masses.

  4. It was null & void from day one. President Sarkissian knew that from day one also. We can never have any agreement with our hostile neighbors as long as they continue to deny & destroy our race & keep us hostage or have any relationship with ENEMIES OF OUR PEOPLE & OUR LAND.

  5. There is no need to wait a second these treacherous protocols were only signed to please US/Hillary at the time not in the national interests of Armenia.

  6. I know this has nothing to do about the article itself, but it’s just great to see Armenians commenting and having a decent discussion. I see many interesting articles but seldom see people commenting.

  7. @ ‘Prof. Stephen J Avalyan Newton’
    Your post is nothing more than an anti-Armenian diatribe.

    It’s laughable that you blame Armenia, while Turkey is the one having closed the border. Doesn’t fit your agenda to lecture Turkey, perhaps? If there was one iota of sincerity to your post, that was even lost with “ARF rants”.

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