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GEOPOLITICAL PARADE
WPS Agency
Sept 22 2011
Russia
Source: Novye Izvestia, No 170, September 22, 2011, p. 2
by Gaik Karapetjan
[translated from Russian]
RUSSIAN SERVICEMEN PARTICIPATED IN THE ARMENIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
MILITARY PARADE; Yerevan used the Independence Day military parade
to send a message to Baku, Azerbaijan.
General public in Yerevan was somewhat perplexed to see Russian
servicemen participating in the Independence Day parade side by
side with the Armenian military. The Armenian authorities said
that there was nothing in it to act so surprised about. Some
Armenian patriots screamed of vile encroachment on national
sovereignty. Experts attributed this development to deterioration of
the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations.
That servicemen of the Russian 102nd Military Base in Gyumri would
also participate in the military parade had never been announced in
advance. The Armenians therefore were stunned to see the Russians
participating in the parade and Defense Minister Sejran Ogenesjan
greeting them in Russian.
Razmik Zograbjan, deputy of the parliamentary faction of the ruling
Republican Party, said at the press conference afterwards that the
Russians' participation in the parade had been a political gesture.
"We have a treaty with Russia regarding security of the Armenian
state borders. There is nothing wrong therefore with the Russians
taking part in the military parade." Journalists got the message.
Deterioration of the relations with Azerbaijan is the talk of the
day in Armenia. The Azerbaijani-Armenian negotiations came to a halt.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev missed the CIS summit and a
meeting with his Armenian opposite number Serj Sargsjan in Dushanbe
in early September. It is logical therefore that the Armenians used
the Independence Day parade to remind Azerbaijan of their military
might - and of its ally.
The Armenian opposition used social networks to organize a protest
rally not long before the parade. Twelve (!) people turned up, headed
by Levon Barsegjan of the journalistic club Asparez from Gyumri. The
protesters wielded posters "Armenia is not Russia" and "No foreigners
in our military parade".
From: A. Papazian
WPS Agency
Sept 22 2011
Russia
Source: Novye Izvestia, No 170, September 22, 2011, p. 2
by Gaik Karapetjan
[translated from Russian]
RUSSIAN SERVICEMEN PARTICIPATED IN THE ARMENIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
MILITARY PARADE; Yerevan used the Independence Day military parade
to send a message to Baku, Azerbaijan.
General public in Yerevan was somewhat perplexed to see Russian
servicemen participating in the Independence Day parade side by
side with the Armenian military. The Armenian authorities said
that there was nothing in it to act so surprised about. Some
Armenian patriots screamed of vile encroachment on national
sovereignty. Experts attributed this development to deterioration of
the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations.
That servicemen of the Russian 102nd Military Base in Gyumri would
also participate in the military parade had never been announced in
advance. The Armenians therefore were stunned to see the Russians
participating in the parade and Defense Minister Sejran Ogenesjan
greeting them in Russian.
Razmik Zograbjan, deputy of the parliamentary faction of the ruling
Republican Party, said at the press conference afterwards that the
Russians' participation in the parade had been a political gesture.
"We have a treaty with Russia regarding security of the Armenian
state borders. There is nothing wrong therefore with the Russians
taking part in the military parade." Journalists got the message.
Deterioration of the relations with Azerbaijan is the talk of the
day in Armenia. The Azerbaijani-Armenian negotiations came to a halt.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev missed the CIS summit and a
meeting with his Armenian opposite number Serj Sargsjan in Dushanbe
in early September. It is logical therefore that the Armenians used
the Independence Day parade to remind Azerbaijan of their military
might - and of its ally.
The Armenian opposition used social networks to organize a protest
rally not long before the parade. Twelve (!) people turned up, headed
by Levon Barsegjan of the journalistic club Asparez from Gyumri. The
protesters wielded posters "Armenia is not Russia" and "No foreigners
in our military parade".
From: A. Papazian