‘Soon as They Disgrace Themselves, They Begin to Remember Alexandropol Treaty’: Hovhannisyan Retors to Republican MP’s Comments

“It’s difficult to argue with people whose idea of politics are formed based on the films ‘Sevan’s Fishermen’ (1938) and ‘Zangezur’ (1938). [Despite] being a member of Andranik Margaryan’s entourage for so many years, they still haven’t learned what Dashnaktsutyan’s role is in this country,” said Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun, or ARF-D) parliamentary faction leader Vahan Hovhannisyan, commenting on Republican Party of Armenia MP Gagik Melikyan’s statement that “if by speaking of Dashnaktsutyan’s successful negotiations with the Turks, Vahan Hovhannisyan meant the approach with the Young Turks or the Treaty of Alexandropol, then I don’t think the Armenian people are of the same opinion as him.”

According to Hovhannisyan, “as soon as those people disgrace themselves, they begin to remember the Treaty of Alexandropol or some other thing.”