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DID SERZH SARGSYAN ASK FOR U.S. SUPPORT?
Naira Hayrumyan
Lragir.am News
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country23218.html
12:16:04 - 05/09/2011
In Armenia, they prefer ignoring Wikileaks. Armenian officials
say they don't take Wikileaks seriously, it reports non-official
information, and so it makes no sense to react. At the same time,
they do not deny the information the website leaks, which creates
quite an interesting picture.
The second large portion of documents relating to Armenia is extremely
personalized. If previously the cables were in general terms, now it
reports the complete anatomy of the situation in Armenia. In addition,
in the Wikileaks leakages, one can figure out the most painful points.
First of all, the relations of Armenia with Russia and the U.S. some
documents state (none has been denied) that Serzh Sargsyan's
confidante, the Armenian businessman Mikhail Bagdasarov, told the U.S.
Ambassador Yovanovitch that Russia backs Turkey regarding the
Armenian-Turkish issues. Most experts noted that the Armenian and
Turkish reconciliation at the expense of Karabakh is a Russian project,
but on the official level nobody announced that Russia supports
Turkey. On the contrary, a number of overtures were made to Russia,
and the term of deployment of the Russian military bases in Armenia
was extended. But it turns out that the Armenian elite were aware,
and in order to thwart this project, they called on the U.S. to
support President Sargsyan.
An outrageous fact has been reported: the house of the Ukrainian
ambassador was assaulted after the Ambassador turned down the request
of the Armenian authorities to cancel celebration of Holodomir on
the same day of Medvedev's arrival in Yerevan on his first state visit.
The MFA called the Ambassador and asked to cancel the celebrations. He
refused after which unknown people assaulted his house, damaging his
property but stealing nothing.
The next portion of cables is on the relationships between Serzh
Sargsyan and Robert Kocharyan. The U.S. embassy staff believes
Kocharyan could "quickly step into the breach" at any moment. But his
influence on Sargsyan never withered. Moreover, Sargsyan's son-in-law
and assistant Mikael Minasyan, even secretly met with a member of the
U.S. Embassy in 2008 and asked to support Sargsyan. "Kocharyan is a
"strong" president, he is still working, and Sargsyan's influence on
him is limited," said Minasyan. Post-election arrests and intimidation
have also been ascribed to Kocharyan.
The third portion is oligarchs. The same Mikayel Minasyan told an
Embassy officer that Serzh Sargsyan would like to get rid of the
oligarchs. He wants to owe to the young generation and not old robbers,
said Minasyan. In this, he asked the U.S. to help Sargsyan.
Apparently, Sargsyan got the U.S. support. An Embassy member admits
that they ignore information on election bribes and intimidation and
would like to work with Sargsyan.
3.5 years have already passed. Apparently, Sargsyan has not fulfilled
his commitments to distance from Russia and fight oligarchs headed
by Kocharyan. The introduction of all these documents to public
discussion indicates that time is up and it is time to choose where
to go next. Either Sargsyan begins to fulfill his commitments and the
U.S. supports him, or more such documents will be issued, which will
highlight the illegitimacy of the elections and Sargsyan's presidency.
The first was the sensational leakage on the talk of the member of
the Constitutional Court, Valeri Poghosyan, who admitted he had been
pressured. This happened when Levon Ter-Petrosyan applied to the CC
to declare the elections invalid. According to Poghosyan, pressure
was exerted on the other three members to. And if it suddenly becomes
known that the Constitutional Court took this decision under pressure,
Serzh Sargsyan's legitimacy will be questioned.
Naira Hayrumyan
Lragir.am News
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country23218.html
12:16:04 - 05/09/2011
In Armenia, they prefer ignoring Wikileaks. Armenian officials
say they don't take Wikileaks seriously, it reports non-official
information, and so it makes no sense to react. At the same time,
they do not deny the information the website leaks, which creates
quite an interesting picture.
The second large portion of documents relating to Armenia is extremely
personalized. If previously the cables were in general terms, now it
reports the complete anatomy of the situation in Armenia. In addition,
in the Wikileaks leakages, one can figure out the most painful points.
First of all, the relations of Armenia with Russia and the U.S. some
documents state (none has been denied) that Serzh Sargsyan's
confidante, the Armenian businessman Mikhail Bagdasarov, told the U.S.
Ambassador Yovanovitch that Russia backs Turkey regarding the
Armenian-Turkish issues. Most experts noted that the Armenian and
Turkish reconciliation at the expense of Karabakh is a Russian project,
but on the official level nobody announced that Russia supports
Turkey. On the contrary, a number of overtures were made to Russia,
and the term of deployment of the Russian military bases in Armenia
was extended. But it turns out that the Armenian elite were aware,
and in order to thwart this project, they called on the U.S. to
support President Sargsyan.
An outrageous fact has been reported: the house of the Ukrainian
ambassador was assaulted after the Ambassador turned down the request
of the Armenian authorities to cancel celebration of Holodomir on
the same day of Medvedev's arrival in Yerevan on his first state visit.
The MFA called the Ambassador and asked to cancel the celebrations. He
refused after which unknown people assaulted his house, damaging his
property but stealing nothing.
The next portion of cables is on the relationships between Serzh
Sargsyan and Robert Kocharyan. The U.S. embassy staff believes
Kocharyan could "quickly step into the breach" at any moment. But his
influence on Sargsyan never withered. Moreover, Sargsyan's son-in-law
and assistant Mikael Minasyan, even secretly met with a member of the
U.S. Embassy in 2008 and asked to support Sargsyan. "Kocharyan is a
"strong" president, he is still working, and Sargsyan's influence on
him is limited," said Minasyan. Post-election arrests and intimidation
have also been ascribed to Kocharyan.
The third portion is oligarchs. The same Mikayel Minasyan told an
Embassy officer that Serzh Sargsyan would like to get rid of the
oligarchs. He wants to owe to the young generation and not old robbers,
said Minasyan. In this, he asked the U.S. to help Sargsyan.
Apparently, Sargsyan got the U.S. support. An Embassy member admits
that they ignore information on election bribes and intimidation and
would like to work with Sargsyan.
3.5 years have already passed. Apparently, Sargsyan has not fulfilled
his commitments to distance from Russia and fight oligarchs headed
by Kocharyan. The introduction of all these documents to public
discussion indicates that time is up and it is time to choose where
to go next. Either Sargsyan begins to fulfill his commitments and the
U.S. supports him, or more such documents will be issued, which will
highlight the illegitimacy of the elections and Sargsyan's presidency.
The first was the sensational leakage on the talk of the member of
the Constitutional Court, Valeri Poghosyan, who admitted he had been
pressured. This happened when Levon Ter-Petrosyan applied to the CC
to declare the elections invalid. According to Poghosyan, pressure
was exerted on the other three members to. And if it suddenly becomes
known that the Constitutional Court took this decision under pressure,
Serzh Sargsyan's legitimacy will be questioned.