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US-ARMENIA MEMORANDUM ON NUCLEAR PLANT TO BE FOLLOWED BY BAKU ACCUSATIONS - AMERICAN EXPERT
news.am
October 18, 2012 | 22:03
he U.S.-Armenia memorandum on cooperation in energy will be followed
by rhetoric statements of the Azerbaijani side, American political
scientist, associate professor at North Dakota State University Thomas
Ambrosio told Armenia News-NEWS.am.
"It is quite possible that this would be the case given the poor
relations between Baku and Yerevan," said Ambrosio, answering the
question on whether the memorandum, which includes an option of
the U.S. technical assistance for the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant,
will provoke negative statements in Baku.
According to him, one needs to consider that exchange of critical
statements has been a common practice for the conflict sides:
everything that is seen as beneficial by one side is criticized by
the other. To remind, public speakers of Azerbaijan have been for
long time accusing Yerevan for operating a nuclear plant, calling it
highly outdated and hazardous for the region's environment.
Nevertheless, the agreement is purely technical, rather than one with
real political or geopolitical effects.
"Therefore it is unlikely that Azerbaijan will react in more than a
rhetorical or diplomatic sense," Ambrosio said in an emailed comment.
To remind, the memorandum was signed at the session of Armenian-U.S.
joint economic task force, held in Yerevan.
news.am
October 18, 2012 | 22:03
he U.S.-Armenia memorandum on cooperation in energy will be followed
by rhetoric statements of the Azerbaijani side, American political
scientist, associate professor at North Dakota State University Thomas
Ambrosio told Armenia News-NEWS.am.
"It is quite possible that this would be the case given the poor
relations between Baku and Yerevan," said Ambrosio, answering the
question on whether the memorandum, which includes an option of
the U.S. technical assistance for the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant,
will provoke negative statements in Baku.
According to him, one needs to consider that exchange of critical
statements has been a common practice for the conflict sides:
everything that is seen as beneficial by one side is criticized by
the other. To remind, public speakers of Azerbaijan have been for
long time accusing Yerevan for operating a nuclear plant, calling it
highly outdated and hazardous for the region's environment.
Nevertheless, the agreement is purely technical, rather than one with
real political or geopolitical effects.
"Therefore it is unlikely that Azerbaijan will react in more than a
rhetorical or diplomatic sense," Ambrosio said in an emailed comment.
To remind, the memorandum was signed at the session of Armenian-U.S.
joint economic task force, held in Yerevan.