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Heavy Blow for Azerbaijan
Haikazn Ghahriyan, Editor-in-Chief
Comments - 25 July 2014, 12:39
Yesterday the Armenian press leaked that during the meeting of the EaP
in Brussels the Armenian minister of foreign affairs Edward Nalbandyan
rebuked the Azerbaijani foreign minister when the latter stated that
Armenia breaks its commitments to the World Trade Organization.
In the presence of the EU foreign ministers Nalbandyan advised Elmar
Mammedyarov to stick to the agenda of the meeting and not to use the
international rostrum for propaganda, the leak says.
In fact, the question raised by Mammedyarov is not far from the EaP
topics. The point is that by joining the Eurasian Union Armenia must
introduce corrections into the relations with WTO because the
principles and mechanisms of both organizations are different, not to
say mutually excluding. For example, it has become known that if
Armenia joins the Eurasian Union, it has to pay refunds unless it
wants to be dismissed.
Apparently, before shutting Mammedyarov up, Nalbandyan should give
explanations to the Armenian society why Armenia has placed itself in
such a situation when, on the other hand, it joins a union which is
against its political and economic interests and, on the other hand,
it has to pay refunds not to be dismissed from WTO. Meanwhile, WTO is
a rather efficient organization and helps development of foreign
economic relations of Armenia.
In fact, Edward Nalbandyan must explain to the Armenian community why
Armenia has lost its foreign policy as such and re-organized itself as
a "subsidiary" of the Russian foreign policy which only allows for
"hushing" Azerbaijan and Turkey. Why has Armenia isolated itself from
international politics, lost its functioning and role? Why does it
refuse regional proposals and instead participates in blocking the
projects that are not favorable for Moscow.
And most importantly, what is the role of Nalbandyan in all this?
Nalbandyan will have to answer these questions even when he is
appointed as deputy foreign minister of Russia, and Armenia officially
becomes a Russian exclave.
As to Azerbaijan, as Serzh Sargsyan would put it, "anyone's granny
could have rebuked".
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Haikazn Ghahriyan, Editor-in-Chief
Comments - 25 July 2014, 12:39
Yesterday the Armenian press leaked that during the meeting of the EaP
in Brussels the Armenian minister of foreign affairs Edward Nalbandyan
rebuked the Azerbaijani foreign minister when the latter stated that
Armenia breaks its commitments to the World Trade Organization.
In the presence of the EU foreign ministers Nalbandyan advised Elmar
Mammedyarov to stick to the agenda of the meeting and not to use the
international rostrum for propaganda, the leak says.
In fact, the question raised by Mammedyarov is not far from the EaP
topics. The point is that by joining the Eurasian Union Armenia must
introduce corrections into the relations with WTO because the
principles and mechanisms of both organizations are different, not to
say mutually excluding. For example, it has become known that if
Armenia joins the Eurasian Union, it has to pay refunds unless it
wants to be dismissed.
Apparently, before shutting Mammedyarov up, Nalbandyan should give
explanations to the Armenian society why Armenia has placed itself in
such a situation when, on the other hand, it joins a union which is
against its political and economic interests and, on the other hand,
it has to pay refunds not to be dismissed from WTO. Meanwhile, WTO is
a rather efficient organization and helps development of foreign
economic relations of Armenia.
In fact, Edward Nalbandyan must explain to the Armenian community why
Armenia has lost its foreign policy as such and re-organized itself as
a "subsidiary" of the Russian foreign policy which only allows for
"hushing" Azerbaijan and Turkey. Why has Armenia isolated itself from
international politics, lost its functioning and role? Why does it
refuse regional proposals and instead participates in blocking the
projects that are not favorable for Moscow.
And most importantly, what is the role of Nalbandyan in all this?
Nalbandyan will have to answer these questions even when he is
appointed as deputy foreign minister of Russia, and Armenia officially
becomes a Russian exclave.
As to Azerbaijan, as Serzh Sargsyan would put it, "anyone's granny
could have rebuked".
- See more at: http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/32769#sthash.XjSuplQC.dpuf