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LET THEM USE THEIR BRAIN AND THINK WHETHER IT WAS WORTH TAKING MOUNT ARARAT OFF OUR SPORTSMEN'S BREASTS, GURGEN YEGHIAZARYAN SAYS
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/11/28/135113/
NOVEMBER 28, 2012 17:09
"There is no country in the region, the foreign policy of which is
in such a stupid condition as that of Armenia. The masterpiece was
the Armenia-Turkey protocols," Gurgen Yeghiazaryan, a member of the
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (SDHP), said this when we reminded him
of the following provision in Serzh Sargsyan's election program, "The
foreign policy of our country should become more active and proactive,
ensuring Armenia's influential participation in international and,
particularly, regional processes."
Then, assessing the work done in foreign policy in the past five years,
G. Yeghiazaryan continued: "No point in Serzh Sargsyan's election
program has been implemented."
Continuing the conversation, G. Yeghiazaryan reminded that Tigran
Sargsyan, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, had presented
the "sports" diplomacy between Armenia and Turkey to the public as
a positive step, which "is a disgrace from A to Z." In his opinion,
"it is not a thing to boast about, but was one of the disgraceful
pages of the Armenian diplomacy."
With regard to what had been said, our interlocutor told a story:
"Lately Erdogan has made a disgraceful statement. He told Aliyev with
a grin that he didn't envy him that he often met with the Armenian
President. I am with the opposition, but I felt bad about that. You
may call it Football, Ping Pong, Basketball Diplomacy..., if you like.
This is the result of such jokes with Turks. Let them use their brain
and think whether it was worth taking Mount Ararat off our sportsmen's
breasts during the Football match after all this. Let them use their
brain and see that they are absolutely stupid."
Taking into account the drawbacks in the foreign policy, Ashot
Yengoyan, the head of the history and theory of political science
department, International Relations Faculty, nonetheless, sees progress
and states: "Saying proactive policy, we shouldn't think only of
signals and statements made by the Foreign Ministry. The goal of our
foreign policy was that Armenia should be actively involved in the
international integration processes. In that regard, we certainly
were proactive, but in many cases, we didn't play first fiddle. Even
if we compare it with Azerbaijan's foreign policy and consider only
the Karabakh issue, we could be more proactive than we are. However,
from the perspective of the overall foreign policy, we are proactive
- for example, the principles of not lagging behind in the Eurasian
processes, European integration, all that is as it was."
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/11/28/135113/
NOVEMBER 28, 2012 17:09
"There is no country in the region, the foreign policy of which is
in such a stupid condition as that of Armenia. The masterpiece was
the Armenia-Turkey protocols," Gurgen Yeghiazaryan, a member of the
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (SDHP), said this when we reminded him
of the following provision in Serzh Sargsyan's election program, "The
foreign policy of our country should become more active and proactive,
ensuring Armenia's influential participation in international and,
particularly, regional processes."
Then, assessing the work done in foreign policy in the past five years,
G. Yeghiazaryan continued: "No point in Serzh Sargsyan's election
program has been implemented."
Continuing the conversation, G. Yeghiazaryan reminded that Tigran
Sargsyan, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, had presented
the "sports" diplomacy between Armenia and Turkey to the public as
a positive step, which "is a disgrace from A to Z." In his opinion,
"it is not a thing to boast about, but was one of the disgraceful
pages of the Armenian diplomacy."
With regard to what had been said, our interlocutor told a story:
"Lately Erdogan has made a disgraceful statement. He told Aliyev with
a grin that he didn't envy him that he often met with the Armenian
President. I am with the opposition, but I felt bad about that. You
may call it Football, Ping Pong, Basketball Diplomacy..., if you like.
This is the result of such jokes with Turks. Let them use their brain
and think whether it was worth taking Mount Ararat off our sportsmen's
breasts during the Football match after all this. Let them use their
brain and see that they are absolutely stupid."
Taking into account the drawbacks in the foreign policy, Ashot
Yengoyan, the head of the history and theory of political science
department, International Relations Faculty, nonetheless, sees progress
and states: "Saying proactive policy, we shouldn't think only of
signals and statements made by the Foreign Ministry. The goal of our
foreign policy was that Armenia should be actively involved in the
international integration processes. In that regard, we certainly
were proactive, but in many cases, we didn't play first fiddle. Even
if we compare it with Azerbaijan's foreign policy and consider only
the Karabakh issue, we could be more proactive than we are. However,
from the perspective of the overall foreign policy, we are proactive
- for example, the principles of not lagging behind in the Eurasian
processes, European integration, all that is as it was."
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN