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RUSSIA HAS NO RIGHT TO SELLS ARMS TO AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIAN EXPERT SAYS
14:18 ~U 21.06.13
The political scientist and Head of the Modus Vivendi analytic center
Ara Papyan strongly believes that Russia has no right to sell weapons
to Azerbaijan as Armenia is Russia's strategic partner.
Being a strategic partner implies sacrificing political and economic
interests for this partnership.
"I am surprised at Armenia justifying Russia's step. This is not
your business. Let Russians justify themselves," he told journalists
on Friday.
He noted that this is a pressure on Armenia, which "has a smell of
blood or, to be precise, of war."
Armenia needs Russia's presence as much as Russia needs Armenia.
"The moment Russia should realize you are not part of its game, you
do not exist for it any longer. We are in an unclear situation now. It
turns out that Russia has no commitments to Armenia," Papyan said.
"So let them say to us 'you are not our partners any more'. It would
be more honest. So which nation is our partner now?"
Not everything is bought in international relations. Otherwise,
nations would not be strategic partners.
According to Papyan, history repeats itself - Russia is arming
Armenia's enemy to come to save Armenia then.
"We must understand whether Russia is actually our strategic partner
or not," he said.
"From the military point of view we are in a rather favorable
situation, and Azerbaijan is sparing no efforts to draw us into
hostilities. As to Azerbaijan's demand that Nagorno-Karabakh be
autonomy as part of Azerbaijan, that would be suicide," Papyan said.
Other nations cannot understand that it is not just a matter of war
or peace for Armenia, but a matter of Armenia's existence, he added.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/06/21/ara-papyan/
14:18 ~U 21.06.13
The political scientist and Head of the Modus Vivendi analytic center
Ara Papyan strongly believes that Russia has no right to sell weapons
to Azerbaijan as Armenia is Russia's strategic partner.
Being a strategic partner implies sacrificing political and economic
interests for this partnership.
"I am surprised at Armenia justifying Russia's step. This is not
your business. Let Russians justify themselves," he told journalists
on Friday.
He noted that this is a pressure on Armenia, which "has a smell of
blood or, to be precise, of war."
Armenia needs Russia's presence as much as Russia needs Armenia.
"The moment Russia should realize you are not part of its game, you
do not exist for it any longer. We are in an unclear situation now. It
turns out that Russia has no commitments to Armenia," Papyan said.
"So let them say to us 'you are not our partners any more'. It would
be more honest. So which nation is our partner now?"
Not everything is bought in international relations. Otherwise,
nations would not be strategic partners.
According to Papyan, history repeats itself - Russia is arming
Armenia's enemy to come to save Armenia then.
"We must understand whether Russia is actually our strategic partner
or not," he said.
"From the military point of view we are in a rather favorable
situation, and Azerbaijan is sparing no efforts to draw us into
hostilities. As to Azerbaijan's demand that Nagorno-Karabakh be
autonomy as part of Azerbaijan, that would be suicide," Papyan said.
Other nations cannot understand that it is not just a matter of war
or peace for Armenia, but a matter of Armenia's existence, he added.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/06/21/ara-papyan/