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KREMLIN DOESN'T LIKE ARMENIA'S NEW PARLIAMENT
JAMES HAKOBYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments26208.html
Published: 10:13:28 - 16/05/2012
After the previous presidential elections in 2008, Serzh Sargsyan
visited Moscow and thanked the Russian president for support.
Four years have passed, another national election was held. After
the victory, Serzh Sargsyan again visited Moscow to attend the CIS
and CSTO meetings but this time he didn't thank Putin for support in
the election.
Either Serzh Sargsyan understood from the previous experience that it
is at least strange that the president of a sovereign country thanks
the leader of the partner country and not the local voters, or Putin
has not showed any support to the parliamentary elections this time.
Putin may have supported a different force. Interestingly, Serzh
Sargsyan did not meet with President Putin in Moscow, but with Prime
Minister Medvedev.
In this meeting, Medvedev made an interesting statement.
Congratulating Serzh Sargsyan on the victory and holding out hope that
this success will boost the development of Armenia, Medvedev reiterated
Russia's support to this process. "Armenia and Russia, according to the
Russian PM, remain good friends and allies," the official message runs.
The interesting thing is the phrase "remain good friends and allies".
Russia sounds somehow offended. It states that it "remains" a friend
and ally of Armenia, as if underlining that it remains such despite
its dissatisfaction with the process or the outcome of the elections
or perhaps even the post-election situation.
Russia seems to be conveying that though Armenia offended it with the
new parliament but it is generous and will remain our friend and ally.
What the friendship and alliance of Russia means can be seen in the
pages of the Armenian history. It is a chain of betrayals and deals
behind Armenia's back, the modern phase of which is Russia's relations
with Azerbaijan when it sells weapons of strategic importance to a
country which threatens to launch a war on its friend and ally and
kill its citizens.
In such cases, it would not be bad if Armenia started "offending"
Russia to make it understand that Moscow should give up the historic
tradition of fulfilling its interest and launching ties on account
of Armenia.
JAMES HAKOBYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments26208.html
Published: 10:13:28 - 16/05/2012
After the previous presidential elections in 2008, Serzh Sargsyan
visited Moscow and thanked the Russian president for support.
Four years have passed, another national election was held. After
the victory, Serzh Sargsyan again visited Moscow to attend the CIS
and CSTO meetings but this time he didn't thank Putin for support in
the election.
Either Serzh Sargsyan understood from the previous experience that it
is at least strange that the president of a sovereign country thanks
the leader of the partner country and not the local voters, or Putin
has not showed any support to the parliamentary elections this time.
Putin may have supported a different force. Interestingly, Serzh
Sargsyan did not meet with President Putin in Moscow, but with Prime
Minister Medvedev.
In this meeting, Medvedev made an interesting statement.
Congratulating Serzh Sargsyan on the victory and holding out hope that
this success will boost the development of Armenia, Medvedev reiterated
Russia's support to this process. "Armenia and Russia, according to the
Russian PM, remain good friends and allies," the official message runs.
The interesting thing is the phrase "remain good friends and allies".
Russia sounds somehow offended. It states that it "remains" a friend
and ally of Armenia, as if underlining that it remains such despite
its dissatisfaction with the process or the outcome of the elections
or perhaps even the post-election situation.
Russia seems to be conveying that though Armenia offended it with the
new parliament but it is generous and will remain our friend and ally.
What the friendship and alliance of Russia means can be seen in the
pages of the Armenian history. It is a chain of betrayals and deals
behind Armenia's back, the modern phase of which is Russia's relations
with Azerbaijan when it sells weapons of strategic importance to a
country which threatens to launch a war on its friend and ally and
kill its citizens.
In such cases, it would not be bad if Armenia started "offending"
Russia to make it understand that Moscow should give up the historic
tradition of fulfilling its interest and launching ties on account
of Armenia.