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WHY MEHMANPARAST ARRIVED IN YEREVAN
On April 1, special representative of the Iranian foreign ministry
Ramin Mehmanparast arrived in Armenia and met with deputy foreign
minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan. Earlier, the Iranian ambassador
had conveyed to foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan the message of his
Iranian counterpart calling on Armenia to condemn the use of chemical
weapon in Syria.
The official Yerevan has not reacted to the appeal of Iran yet and
has not issued any statement regarding Iran. The issue is discussed
at the UN, which is going to check whether chemical weapon was really
used or not. It is hard to predict what will be found out.
The Israeli media reported that Syria is no longer a threat to Israel
since it is divided into three minor states - Kurdish, Alawite and
Sunni. This process will accelerate if it is "found out" that chemical
weapon was really used in Syria, then foreign forces will intervene
in the Syrian internal processes. No one has announced anything about
this but if it happens, Armenia can't keep silence at least because
of the existence of the Armenian community in Syria.
Mehmanparast's visit to Armenia may have other aims too, perhaps
related to the Karabakh issue settlement. Regional issues were
discussed during his meeting with Shavarsh Kocharyan and it was
decided that all regional conflicts should have a peace solution.
Iran, as a rule, becomes interested in the Karabakh issue, when it
is announced about the possibility of deployment of peacekeeping
forces of a third country. It is possible that the Iranian foreign
ministry has such information so it decided to warn Armenia about
the possible consequences.
Iran is probable to be worried with the negotiations between Georgia,
Turkey and Azerbaijan, so it proposes to Armenia to become allies
to stop the cooperation of the aforementioned states. Anyway, it is
difficult to understand from the official message of Yerevan what
the aim of the visit of the Iranian official is.
Naira Hayrumyan 14:24 03/04/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/politics/view/29498
On April 1, special representative of the Iranian foreign ministry
Ramin Mehmanparast arrived in Armenia and met with deputy foreign
minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan. Earlier, the Iranian ambassador
had conveyed to foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan the message of his
Iranian counterpart calling on Armenia to condemn the use of chemical
weapon in Syria.
The official Yerevan has not reacted to the appeal of Iran yet and
has not issued any statement regarding Iran. The issue is discussed
at the UN, which is going to check whether chemical weapon was really
used or not. It is hard to predict what will be found out.
The Israeli media reported that Syria is no longer a threat to Israel
since it is divided into three minor states - Kurdish, Alawite and
Sunni. This process will accelerate if it is "found out" that chemical
weapon was really used in Syria, then foreign forces will intervene
in the Syrian internal processes. No one has announced anything about
this but if it happens, Armenia can't keep silence at least because
of the existence of the Armenian community in Syria.
Mehmanparast's visit to Armenia may have other aims too, perhaps
related to the Karabakh issue settlement. Regional issues were
discussed during his meeting with Shavarsh Kocharyan and it was
decided that all regional conflicts should have a peace solution.
Iran, as a rule, becomes interested in the Karabakh issue, when it
is announced about the possibility of deployment of peacekeeping
forces of a third country. It is possible that the Iranian foreign
ministry has such information so it decided to warn Armenia about
the possible consequences.
Iran is probable to be worried with the negotiations between Georgia,
Turkey and Azerbaijan, so it proposes to Armenia to become allies
to stop the cooperation of the aforementioned states. Anyway, it is
difficult to understand from the official message of Yerevan what
the aim of the visit of the Iranian official is.
Naira Hayrumyan 14:24 03/04/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/politics/view/29498