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    ARMENIA CANNOT INFLUENCE BUT INITIATIVES ARE NOT USELESS

    Lragir
    Feb 11 2008
    Armenia

    The Armenian foreign policy needs new approaches, fresh ideas, a new
    vision, says Arthur Baghdasaryan who met with the representatives
    of NGOs on February 11. With regard to foreign policies and the main
    challenges to this sphere, Arthur Baghdasaryan said it is necessary
    to come up with initiatives regarding the Karabakh issue, and we need
    more intensive propaganda abroad to raise awareness of the Karabakh
    issue among ordinary Europeans.

    Arthur Baghdasaryan said in the years of the former and present
    government the Karabakh issue was the prerogative of one or two people,
    whereas for a more fruitful policy public discourse on this issue is
    necessary. The presidential candidate criticizes both the approach
    that development in Armenia is impossible unless the Karabakh issue
    is resolved, and the approach that everything is fine, and we are
    moving ahead.

    A question was asked on the preventive role in case of the escalation
    of a U.S.-Iran conflict, which according to the environmentalist
    Karine Danielyan Armenia may perform, especially if it succeeds to
    give the sides a specialist explanation of the destruction depth
    bombs may cause which may be used in case such a conflict occurs.

    Arthur Baghdasaryan said they realize the danger even without Armenia's
    explanation, and perhaps Armenia will not be able to act as a mediator
    between them, cannot influence their decisions, even if their decision
    is undesirable for us. However, the presidential candidate also said
    even if the mediation or initiatives are not useful, they will hardly
    aggravate the situation, therefore initiatives will not be useless.
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