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PRICE OF ARMENIAN DIPLOMACY
HAKOB BADALYAN
13:11 18/03/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/comments/view/29317
Diplomat Day was celebrated in Armenia for the first time. On this
occasion, foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan gave a solemn interview
to the Public Television dwelling on the hard and sometimes invisible
nuances of the diplomatic work.
The diplomacy of independent Armenia is a relative concept. The
point is that it was built on the Soviet staff potential. Though
independent Armenia has had two official and one unofficial foreign
minister from the Diaspora, Raffi Hovannisian, Vartan Oskanian and
Zhirayr Liparityan, nevertheless, the Foreign Ministry has always
been one of the branches of the Soviet KGB.
This is one of the important reasons why during its twenty-year
foreign political course, Armenia has never shown independence,
strategy aimed at national interest, but only processes serving the
interests of those who occupied the power.
Quite recently, very interesting statistics have been released which
showed the overall image of the weapon sale situation to Azerbaijan
in the last decade. It is noteworthy that among the leading countries
who sell weapons to Azerbaijan, there are three partners of Armenia
within the CIS, including two CSTO members.
The point is about Russia, Belarus and Ukraine which are the leading
weapon sellers to Azerbaijan: Armenia is represented in all of these
countries. Has any representative of Armenia issued concern over the
supply of weapon to Azerbaijan by these countries?
For example, Armenian ambassador to Ukraine Andranik Manukyan has
recently appealed on Armenian businessmen to show interest towards
the business sphere in Ukraine and invest, since the field is free.
Manukyan, of course, serves an example to the Armenian businessmen with
his business activities. The same ambassador has never dwelt on the
issue of weapon sale in case it is used against Armenia. Has Andranik
Margaryan ever been instructed by Yerevan to dwell on this issue?
What are the Armenian ambassadors to Belarus and Russia engaged in?
Oleg Yesayan, Armenian ambassador to Russia, used to hold the same
office in Belarus earlier, where he was successfully silent.
Apparently, for this, his rating was increased and he was appointed
in Moscow, where he substituted compose ambassador - virtuoso of
silence Armen Smbatyan.
Armenia seems to have broken this silence in 2012 during the CSTO
summit, where Serzh Sargsyan stated courageously that the CSTO should
not take up step contradicting the interests of Armenia.
But this statement was a little rumor to underline the policy of
silence. Anyway, it was the only one to deal with the issue of selling
weapons to Azerbaijan.
If Armenia demands nothing from its allies which are engaged in arming
Azerbaijan, it is natural that it can demand nothing from Israel,
which is one of the main weapon sellers to Azerbaijan.
It is noteworthy that in this relation the diplomacy of Armenia
meets no home political repression. This issue seems inexistent for
the political class of Armenia which allows this silence which is
sometimes broken to increase its value.
HAKOB BADALYAN
13:11 18/03/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/comments/view/29317
Diplomat Day was celebrated in Armenia for the first time. On this
occasion, foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan gave a solemn interview
to the Public Television dwelling on the hard and sometimes invisible
nuances of the diplomatic work.
The diplomacy of independent Armenia is a relative concept. The
point is that it was built on the Soviet staff potential. Though
independent Armenia has had two official and one unofficial foreign
minister from the Diaspora, Raffi Hovannisian, Vartan Oskanian and
Zhirayr Liparityan, nevertheless, the Foreign Ministry has always
been one of the branches of the Soviet KGB.
This is one of the important reasons why during its twenty-year
foreign political course, Armenia has never shown independence,
strategy aimed at national interest, but only processes serving the
interests of those who occupied the power.
Quite recently, very interesting statistics have been released which
showed the overall image of the weapon sale situation to Azerbaijan
in the last decade. It is noteworthy that among the leading countries
who sell weapons to Azerbaijan, there are three partners of Armenia
within the CIS, including two CSTO members.
The point is about Russia, Belarus and Ukraine which are the leading
weapon sellers to Azerbaijan: Armenia is represented in all of these
countries. Has any representative of Armenia issued concern over the
supply of weapon to Azerbaijan by these countries?
For example, Armenian ambassador to Ukraine Andranik Manukyan has
recently appealed on Armenian businessmen to show interest towards
the business sphere in Ukraine and invest, since the field is free.
Manukyan, of course, serves an example to the Armenian businessmen with
his business activities. The same ambassador has never dwelt on the
issue of weapon sale in case it is used against Armenia. Has Andranik
Margaryan ever been instructed by Yerevan to dwell on this issue?
What are the Armenian ambassadors to Belarus and Russia engaged in?
Oleg Yesayan, Armenian ambassador to Russia, used to hold the same
office in Belarus earlier, where he was successfully silent.
Apparently, for this, his rating was increased and he was appointed
in Moscow, where he substituted compose ambassador - virtuoso of
silence Armen Smbatyan.
Armenia seems to have broken this silence in 2012 during the CSTO
summit, where Serzh Sargsyan stated courageously that the CSTO should
not take up step contradicting the interests of Armenia.
But this statement was a little rumor to underline the policy of
silence. Anyway, it was the only one to deal with the issue of selling
weapons to Azerbaijan.
If Armenia demands nothing from its allies which are engaged in arming
Azerbaijan, it is natural that it can demand nothing from Israel,
which is one of the main weapon sellers to Azerbaijan.
It is noteworthy that in this relation the diplomacy of Armenia
meets no home political repression. This issue seems inexistent for
the political class of Armenia which allows this silence which is
sometimes broken to increase its value.