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    ARMENIA MADE A PLOT WITH THE WEST

    Lragir.am
    18 Oct 06

    The Armenian government assumed an obligation before the West to
    mitigate every manifestation of the problem of Javakheti. The expert
    cannot mention the price of this commitment saying that it can be
    different, especially that elections in Armenia are drawing nearer.

    Igor Muradyan made this almost sensational statement October 17 at the
    National Press Club. He said he is acquainted with the situation in
    Javakheti, the developments, the international political approaches
    towards this region, and he can draw such a conclusion. He says the
    West instructs Armenia on this question even on lower levels, such
    as the head of the political department of the embassy.

    With regard to the problem, Igor Muradyan first presented the
    pre-election situation in Javakheti, saying that it was a stage of
    active formation of NGOs. According to Igor Muradyan, these NGOs
    had close ties with the Armenian government. This guaranteed their
    existence. On the other hand, they are turned into marionettes
    and a mere source of information. In this context, Igor Muradyan
    highlights the emergence of the United Javakheti Alliance, which
    represents the young and educated youth of Javakheti, the expert says,
    which has a clear idea of the problems of the region and rejects the
    cunning proposals of the government. Therefore, Igor Muradyan says
    this organization appeared in the focus of attention of the Georgian
    government, and does not get support from Armenia. Igor Muradyan says
    the Armenian ruling sets tried to talk to them but they were unable to
    mislead the youth from their standpoint and their approach does not
    fit into the government policy on mitigating the problems connected
    with Javakheti conducted by official Yerevan.

    "I think decisions are not based on the relation with Georgia but on
    the relation with the West. At first this sounds fantastic because
    a local issue for the international community is concerned. But in
    reality it is not. The United States and NATO are interested in this
    region. The state of things in this region determines the success of
    the entire Eurasian policy," says Igor Muradyan.

    According to him, the international community's official police is
    to prevent this problem from becoming an international problem, and
    mitigate possible tensions, "and create an impression that there is
    no interest in reality." Igor Muradyan says the Armenian government
    fulfills this wish of the West, and when serious forces emerged in
    Javakheti, which are capable of raising the issues of the region,
    Armenia made efforts to stop them, dissolving these movements. Igor
    Muradyan adduces the example that the Armenian government arrested
    one of the leaders of United Javakheti Vahagn Chakhalyan on an
    absurd charge.

    "But I know what international policies are implemented and who are
    involved in it. The problem of the South Caucasus has been monopolized,
    maximum 6-7 people deal with it. In Europe it is Xavier Solana,
    in the United States government it is Daniel Fried. The evaluations
    of experts are put under the table. But a year ago it offended the
    experts that they do not get public attention, and they published
    their conclusions. And it is mentioned that the domestic policy of
    Georgia contains elements of fascism. Since 1945 no other country was
    described as such, whereas this country is the partner of the West,"
    says Igor Muradyan.

    According to him, the U.S.-Turkish relation depends on the fate of
    Javakheti. According to the expert, Georgia is unable to solve the
    problem of security, and he thinks it is possible that in the future
    we will witness the U.S. military presence in Javakheti. "It should be
    noted for the democratic community of Armenia, if it there is one, that
    there is an Armenian-Georgian plot. But it is impossible to explain
    the situation by this only. Our people should pursue the recognition
    of existence of such a problem now," says Igor Muradyan. He says the
    impression that Russia is active in Javakheti is false. Muradyan even
    says that unfortunately Russia is doomed to idleness.

    "It seems that Russia is active. And what did it do? It did what is on
    the surface. It took the steps that every Russian member of parliament
    knew," says Igor Muradyan. He is against the claims for administrative
    independence of Javakheti. "The salary of state-financed workers
    in Javakheti is 1.5 million dollars. The budget of Javakheti will
    not be enough because it is about 250 thousand dollars, excluding
    foreign transfers," says the expert, mentioning that it is absurd
    to put forward territorial claims because there is no possibility to
    set down the rights.

    "And these young people understand this very well," says Igor Muradyan,
    mentioning that it was explained to them through the materials
    of European and American experts, which clarify the picture of the
    prosect of Javakheti in the context of the international policy. Igor
    Muradyan thinks the way out is to release the arrested young man from
    United Javakheti, the return of the members of the organization to
    the sakrebulo, in other words, the recognition of the outcome of the
    local election in Javakheti, although Igor Muradyan thinks that in
    reality this outcome was achieved through administrative levers. The
    experts emphasizes the resumption of the political process in the
    regional sacrebulo which should raise the local issues in turn,
    including the issue of the Armenian issue. As to what Armenia should
    do, Igor Muradyan says, "Armenia had better do nothing."
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