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STEPAN SAFARYAN - "IS THE U.S. INTERESTED IN ARMENIANS OR OUR STRATEGIC POSITION IN THE REGION"
Narek Alexanyan
hetq
14:22, June 7, 2012
Former Heritage Party MP Stepan Safaryan sounded a note of suspicion
when commenting on the recent one day visit of U.S. Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton to Armenia.
"This is the second visit of a U.S. Secretary of State to Armenia
since 2010. Before that it none did. We have to ask ourselves whether
the U.S. is interested in us or our geographic position."
Safaryan added that on this point Armenia presents a strategic
importance in any Iran related matter.
"Azerbaijan has recently been trying to resolve a psychological
problem, i.e. to show its people that the country is able to do
things regionally and that it has power," Safaryan said at a press
conference today.
The Heritage Party secretary said that Azerbaijan has also trying
to gauge the reaction of the international community to its recent
military adventures.
Safaryan is convinced that the systematic Armenian responses to
Azerbaijani military moves (killing 5 of their soldiers to our 3
killed) might break their resolve but that it's not a solution.
It's not enough, he said, to answer military adventurism with military
moves and that what is needed is to craft a definite geo-political
response strategy and to utilize all possible international levers.
Narek Aleksanyan
Safaryan concluded that if the presence of Hillary Clinton in the
region cannot serve to reign in the actions of Baku, then it means
that either Ilham Aliyev doesn't give a damn about the West or that
the West itself isn't all that concerned about how the sides to the
conflict will emerge as a result against the backdrop of developments
in the wider Middle East picture.
Narek Alexanyan
hetq
14:22, June 7, 2012
Former Heritage Party MP Stepan Safaryan sounded a note of suspicion
when commenting on the recent one day visit of U.S. Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton to Armenia.
"This is the second visit of a U.S. Secretary of State to Armenia
since 2010. Before that it none did. We have to ask ourselves whether
the U.S. is interested in us or our geographic position."
Safaryan added that on this point Armenia presents a strategic
importance in any Iran related matter.
"Azerbaijan has recently been trying to resolve a psychological
problem, i.e. to show its people that the country is able to do
things regionally and that it has power," Safaryan said at a press
conference today.
The Heritage Party secretary said that Azerbaijan has also trying
to gauge the reaction of the international community to its recent
military adventures.
Safaryan is convinced that the systematic Armenian responses to
Azerbaijani military moves (killing 5 of their soldiers to our 3
killed) might break their resolve but that it's not a solution.
It's not enough, he said, to answer military adventurism with military
moves and that what is needed is to craft a definite geo-political
response strategy and to utilize all possible international levers.
Narek Aleksanyan
Safaryan concluded that if the presence of Hillary Clinton in the
region cannot serve to reign in the actions of Baku, then it means
that either Ilham Aliyev doesn't give a damn about the West or that
the West itself isn't all that concerned about how the sides to the
conflict will emerge as a result against the backdrop of developments
in the wider Middle East picture.