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WHOM OBAMA WANTS TO SEE IN ARMENIA
HAKOB BADALYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/politics21856.html
Published: 15:55:40 - 19/05/2011
The President of the United States put forward a candidate of U.S.
Ambassador to Armenia. He is John Heffren, who is the acting Deputy
Chairman of the U.S. mission to NATO. White House issued a message in
this connection. Recall the acting U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Marie
Yovanovitch will leave office in June to assume another office in
the U.S. Department of State.
First we should register a couple of things. A hot period starts for
the U.S.-Armenian lobby, unless the lobby will manage to tear from
the lips of the candidate the word "genocide". But we should presume
that they will try and try, but will never succeed.
The next thing is that the U.S. tries to use "If Mohammed will not
go to the mountain, the mountain must come to Mohammed" version. In
other words, if Armenia will not go to NATO, NATO must come to Armenia.
Perhaps, the candidacy of the U.S. deputy Representative to NATO to
the post of the Ambassador to Armenia, can be explained so.
The next thing is that the U.S. will try focusing on the military
sphere. It is difficult to say what the motive is, whether it is to
counterbalance the Russian military influence, or to be as adequate
as possible in the Karabakh zone. Anyway, it is noteworthy that the
candidate of U.S. Ambassador to Armenia is a diplomat working in the
military-political alliance.
It is difficult to say when the new Ambassador will be appointed. For
example, last time when the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia was appointed,
Evans left office in 2007 and Yovanovitch was appointed after the
2008 elections. Will the U.S. "miss" the 2012 elections in Armenia,
or it will appoint the Ambassador before?
Judging by the home political processes in Armenia and the U.S.
attention towards it, we should presume that the U.S. will not try
to follow the parliamentary election from a lower level than the
ambassador. By the way, interestingly, in Armenia the information
on the new U.S. Ambassador candidate coincided with Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandyan's visit to Washington.
HAKOB BADALYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/politics21856.html
Published: 15:55:40 - 19/05/2011
The President of the United States put forward a candidate of U.S.
Ambassador to Armenia. He is John Heffren, who is the acting Deputy
Chairman of the U.S. mission to NATO. White House issued a message in
this connection. Recall the acting U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Marie
Yovanovitch will leave office in June to assume another office in
the U.S. Department of State.
First we should register a couple of things. A hot period starts for
the U.S.-Armenian lobby, unless the lobby will manage to tear from
the lips of the candidate the word "genocide". But we should presume
that they will try and try, but will never succeed.
The next thing is that the U.S. tries to use "If Mohammed will not
go to the mountain, the mountain must come to Mohammed" version. In
other words, if Armenia will not go to NATO, NATO must come to Armenia.
Perhaps, the candidacy of the U.S. deputy Representative to NATO to
the post of the Ambassador to Armenia, can be explained so.
The next thing is that the U.S. will try focusing on the military
sphere. It is difficult to say what the motive is, whether it is to
counterbalance the Russian military influence, or to be as adequate
as possible in the Karabakh zone. Anyway, it is noteworthy that the
candidate of U.S. Ambassador to Armenia is a diplomat working in the
military-political alliance.
It is difficult to say when the new Ambassador will be appointed. For
example, last time when the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia was appointed,
Evans left office in 2007 and Yovanovitch was appointed after the
2008 elections. Will the U.S. "miss" the 2012 elections in Armenia,
or it will appoint the Ambassador before?
Judging by the home political processes in Armenia and the U.S.
attention towards it, we should presume that the U.S. will not try
to follow the parliamentary election from a lower level than the
ambassador. By the way, interestingly, in Armenia the information
on the new U.S. Ambassador candidate coincided with Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandyan's visit to Washington.