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SARGSYAN SHOULD WRITE A LETTER TO PUTIN
Europe and Armenia are looking for ways of integration after the
first shock of Serzh Sargsyan's statement in Moscow. Already new
trends are outlining which may toss us back to where we were.
The first trend is the policy of Europe which has apparently made a
political decision to tackle Russian pressure on its eastern partners.
The European officials denounce huge pressure by Russia. In addition,
Moscow does not comment on these statements, without admitting or
dismissing facts of pressure.
Not only Armenia is concerned whose leadership, by the way, has not
stated about pressure officially. Facts of pressure on Ukraine and
Moldova have been acknowledged.
It is not clear whether Europe will apply any sanction on Moscow but
it is obvious that if Armenia announces that its decision to join
the Customs Union was forced by Moscow, Serzh Sargsyan's statement
in Moscow will become illegitimate.
By the way, today the Russian president Putin published an article in
the New York Times where he states: "And I would rather disagree with
a case he [Barack Obama] made on American exceptionalism, stating that
the United States' policy is "what makes America different. It's what
makes us exceptional." It is extremely dangerous to encourage people
to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation. There are
big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long
democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy.
Their policies differ, too. We are all different, but when we ask for
the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal."
The second trend which is outlining more visibly is Armenia's hope that
Kazakhstan and Belarus will disagree to Armenia's membership to the
Customs Union. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nlabandyan told
about this yesterday in the parliament. In October the Customs Union
summit will take place during which its three members are supposed
to approve Armenia's membership, maybe also Kyrgyzstan's membership
to the Customs Union.
The intrigue is that Armenia has initially been announced to join the
Customs Union together with Karabakh. If Kazakhstan, an old friend
of Azerbaijan, approves Armenia's membership, it will automatically
recognize that Karabakh is part of Armenia. Nazarbayev, the father
of the Eurasian Union, will hardly take such a step against its
friend Aliyev.
Kazakhstan has already handed over to the prime minister of Armenia
some model documents relating to membership to the CU. What is the
role of Karabakh in these documents? Nalbandyan says "Karabakh will
not suffer". Does this mean that Nazarbayev has agreed to recognize
Karabakh within its current borders? Or has Armenia agreed to "share"
Karabakh?
For many years now Russia has been unable to force Lukashenko and
Nazarbayev to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia. It is harder
with Karabakh because the factor of Turkic and Islamic solidarity
interferes. And if the Russian guarantee for Armenia's membership
to the CU was the recognition of Karabakh, does Armenia reserve the
right to renounce its decision in case recognition does not come?
No doubt all these trends are weaker than the Russian boot (let Levon
Ter-Petrosyan forgive me). Apparently, however, it is time Serzh
Sargsyan wrote to the New York Times a letter to Putin and told him
that God created us equal, even if our country is marked with a number
on the map.
Naira Hayrumyan 14:35 12/09/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/30873
From: Baghdasarian
Europe and Armenia are looking for ways of integration after the
first shock of Serzh Sargsyan's statement in Moscow. Already new
trends are outlining which may toss us back to where we were.
The first trend is the policy of Europe which has apparently made a
political decision to tackle Russian pressure on its eastern partners.
The European officials denounce huge pressure by Russia. In addition,
Moscow does not comment on these statements, without admitting or
dismissing facts of pressure.
Not only Armenia is concerned whose leadership, by the way, has not
stated about pressure officially. Facts of pressure on Ukraine and
Moldova have been acknowledged.
It is not clear whether Europe will apply any sanction on Moscow but
it is obvious that if Armenia announces that its decision to join
the Customs Union was forced by Moscow, Serzh Sargsyan's statement
in Moscow will become illegitimate.
By the way, today the Russian president Putin published an article in
the New York Times where he states: "And I would rather disagree with
a case he [Barack Obama] made on American exceptionalism, stating that
the United States' policy is "what makes America different. It's what
makes us exceptional." It is extremely dangerous to encourage people
to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation. There are
big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long
democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy.
Their policies differ, too. We are all different, but when we ask for
the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal."
The second trend which is outlining more visibly is Armenia's hope that
Kazakhstan and Belarus will disagree to Armenia's membership to the
Customs Union. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nlabandyan told
about this yesterday in the parliament. In October the Customs Union
summit will take place during which its three members are supposed
to approve Armenia's membership, maybe also Kyrgyzstan's membership
to the Customs Union.
The intrigue is that Armenia has initially been announced to join the
Customs Union together with Karabakh. If Kazakhstan, an old friend
of Azerbaijan, approves Armenia's membership, it will automatically
recognize that Karabakh is part of Armenia. Nazarbayev, the father
of the Eurasian Union, will hardly take such a step against its
friend Aliyev.
Kazakhstan has already handed over to the prime minister of Armenia
some model documents relating to membership to the CU. What is the
role of Karabakh in these documents? Nalbandyan says "Karabakh will
not suffer". Does this mean that Nazarbayev has agreed to recognize
Karabakh within its current borders? Or has Armenia agreed to "share"
Karabakh?
For many years now Russia has been unable to force Lukashenko and
Nazarbayev to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia. It is harder
with Karabakh because the factor of Turkic and Islamic solidarity
interferes. And if the Russian guarantee for Armenia's membership
to the CU was the recognition of Karabakh, does Armenia reserve the
right to renounce its decision in case recognition does not come?
No doubt all these trends are weaker than the Russian boot (let Levon
Ter-Petrosyan forgive me). Apparently, however, it is time Serzh
Sargsyan wrote to the New York Times a letter to Putin and told him
that God created us equal, even if our country is marked with a number
on the map.
Naira Hayrumyan 14:35 12/09/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/30873
From: Baghdasarian