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PUTIN WON'T COME TO ARMENIA
Yesterday, minister of foreign affairs of Turkey Ahmed Davutoglu
arrived in Baku to carry out important negotiations. There was
information yesterday, that Russian president Vladimir Putin will
pay an official visit to Azerbaijan. Will Putin keep the "parity"
and visit Yerevan as well?
Vladimir Putin arrived in Yerevan on an official visit in 2001,
and on a working visit in 2005. In 2010, Dmitri Medvedev arrived in
Armenia on a state visit. But it is difficult to count how many times
Armenian leaders went to Russia.
Medvedev's visit in 2010 launched the process of revision of
"brotherly" relations between Armenia and Russia. In the course of the
visit, an agreement was signed about almost a perpetual extension
of the term of Russian military base in Armenia. The agreement
also sets that Russia takes over responsibility for security in
Armenia. This caused a wave of discontent in Armenia and splash of
sovereign consciousness.
Then in Armenia people wondered why the Russian president had to
extend the term of stay of military bases if there was still time to
the end of the previous contract. But now it is already clear that it
was determined by the evident intention of the Armenian authorities to
"diversify" foreign policy. Russia realized that the Atlantic community
intends to strengthen its presence in the South Caucasus; it will try
to open the borders of the region and lay pipes, which will inevitably
lead to a decrease in the influence of Russia in the region.
So Russia undertook preventive steps "strengthening" its military
presence in Armenia and declaring it a part of its "security zone".
Then Russia interfered in the process of the normalization of
Armenian-Turkish relations and in the Karabakh settlement. The aim
was the opening of borders with Turkey and Azerbaijan controlled by
Russia in exchange of surrender of Karabakh territories.
But all these projects failed safely unlikely due to resistance of
the Armenian authorities, moreover, the process between Armenia and
Europe is inevitably coming to a logical conclusion. In November, not
only Association Agreement with the EU may be initialed, but Europe
may force Turkey to open somehow the Armenian border, at least in
the customs regime. Also, Iran's rapprochement with the West through
Armenia is not ruled out either.
Russia's task now is to preserve Armenia, and not just on the part
of the borders with Turkey and Azerbaijan, but also in terms of the
relations with the EU and, more importantly, Iran.
Vladimir Putin may come to Armenia only after Russia manages to fix
meaningful progress in the policy of isolation of Armenia. He can only
come as a king. But so far there is no progress, but in Armenia the
dissatisfaction with the policy of Russia keeps growing. Things went
so far that even speaker Hovik Abrahamyan said he did not agree with
the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
Bordiuzha who called the sale of weapons to Azerbaijan only "business".
"Progress" in the isolationist policy of Russia may be registered
in Baku, during Putin's visit, who can claim that Karabakh is not
included in the control zone of the Russian base in Gyumri. This can
be seen in Baku as a call to action. Because Putin has no other way
to isolate Armenia, and along with it - the whole region.
Naira Hayrumyan 13:12 17/07/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/30481
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Yesterday, minister of foreign affairs of Turkey Ahmed Davutoglu
arrived in Baku to carry out important negotiations. There was
information yesterday, that Russian president Vladimir Putin will
pay an official visit to Azerbaijan. Will Putin keep the "parity"
and visit Yerevan as well?
Vladimir Putin arrived in Yerevan on an official visit in 2001,
and on a working visit in 2005. In 2010, Dmitri Medvedev arrived in
Armenia on a state visit. But it is difficult to count how many times
Armenian leaders went to Russia.
Medvedev's visit in 2010 launched the process of revision of
"brotherly" relations between Armenia and Russia. In the course of the
visit, an agreement was signed about almost a perpetual extension
of the term of Russian military base in Armenia. The agreement
also sets that Russia takes over responsibility for security in
Armenia. This caused a wave of discontent in Armenia and splash of
sovereign consciousness.
Then in Armenia people wondered why the Russian president had to
extend the term of stay of military bases if there was still time to
the end of the previous contract. But now it is already clear that it
was determined by the evident intention of the Armenian authorities to
"diversify" foreign policy. Russia realized that the Atlantic community
intends to strengthen its presence in the South Caucasus; it will try
to open the borders of the region and lay pipes, which will inevitably
lead to a decrease in the influence of Russia in the region.
So Russia undertook preventive steps "strengthening" its military
presence in Armenia and declaring it a part of its "security zone".
Then Russia interfered in the process of the normalization of
Armenian-Turkish relations and in the Karabakh settlement. The aim
was the opening of borders with Turkey and Azerbaijan controlled by
Russia in exchange of surrender of Karabakh territories.
But all these projects failed safely unlikely due to resistance of
the Armenian authorities, moreover, the process between Armenia and
Europe is inevitably coming to a logical conclusion. In November, not
only Association Agreement with the EU may be initialed, but Europe
may force Turkey to open somehow the Armenian border, at least in
the customs regime. Also, Iran's rapprochement with the West through
Armenia is not ruled out either.
Russia's task now is to preserve Armenia, and not just on the part
of the borders with Turkey and Azerbaijan, but also in terms of the
relations with the EU and, more importantly, Iran.
Vladimir Putin may come to Armenia only after Russia manages to fix
meaningful progress in the policy of isolation of Armenia. He can only
come as a king. But so far there is no progress, but in Armenia the
dissatisfaction with the policy of Russia keeps growing. Things went
so far that even speaker Hovik Abrahamyan said he did not agree with
the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
Bordiuzha who called the sale of weapons to Azerbaijan only "business".
"Progress" in the isolationist policy of Russia may be registered
in Baku, during Putin's visit, who can claim that Karabakh is not
included in the control zone of the Russian base in Gyumri. This can
be seen in Baku as a call to action. Because Putin has no other way
to isolate Armenia, and along with it - the whole region.
Naira Hayrumyan 13:12 17/07/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/30481
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress