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WHOM NAZARBAYEV WAS READING THE LETTER FOR?
May 30 2014
Has Armenia ever officially announced about its desire of joining the
Eurasian Union together with Karabakh by the UN recognized borders? As
far as I know, no. Another thing that our government representatives
and supporters were hinting at allegedly the Karabakh issue will be
decided by the Customs Union or the Eurasian Union. This is either a
deliberate disinformation, or a delusion. Artsakh issue can only be
resolved in the result of negotiations with Azerbaijan. Relying on
any Union is naive here. I would say to overly enthusiastic advocates
of the EU that this problem would also incur in case of signing the
Association Agreement, Ilham Aliyev would write a letter, let's say,
to Catherine Ashton, saying that, you know, Armenia is associated
with the UN-recognized borders. Ms. Ashton would probably not read the
letter at the meeting, but she would give effect by various instances
of the Brussels bureaucracy. Another thing that, still, Armenia,
in my opinion, should go for initialing, and then have signed the EU
Association Agreement. But it has nothing to do with Karabakh. Why
did Nursultan Nazarbayev publicly read Aliyev's letter? Eventually,
they could discuss this issue behind closed doors. It also has its
explanation. It is obvious to me that the addressee of the letter was
not the President of Armenia, but Putin. Nazarbayev was "making him to
listen" to Aliyev's concerns, first to tear off something from Russia's
president, and then, to please its ally Azerbaijan. Was Serzh Sargsyan
confused? Was he surprised at Nazarbayev's "reading"? To be honest,
I had not noticed it from the footages on TV. But let's assume he was
in a panic. Is it essential or the fact that we are going to enter
into a union, in which two (three along with Kyrgyzstan) states are
Azerbaijan's allies, and one of them, Russia, is supplying arms to both
us and Azerbaijan, probably, for ensuring peace in the region? Is it
essential or the fact of who was listening to the reading of Aliyev's
letter with what expression of face? In fact, is Russia joining the
Eurasian Union with the UN-recognized borders? And is the Crimea
included in these borders?
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/05/30/165471/
May 30 2014
Has Armenia ever officially announced about its desire of joining the
Eurasian Union together with Karabakh by the UN recognized borders? As
far as I know, no. Another thing that our government representatives
and supporters were hinting at allegedly the Karabakh issue will be
decided by the Customs Union or the Eurasian Union. This is either a
deliberate disinformation, or a delusion. Artsakh issue can only be
resolved in the result of negotiations with Azerbaijan. Relying on
any Union is naive here. I would say to overly enthusiastic advocates
of the EU that this problem would also incur in case of signing the
Association Agreement, Ilham Aliyev would write a letter, let's say,
to Catherine Ashton, saying that, you know, Armenia is associated
with the UN-recognized borders. Ms. Ashton would probably not read the
letter at the meeting, but she would give effect by various instances
of the Brussels bureaucracy. Another thing that, still, Armenia,
in my opinion, should go for initialing, and then have signed the EU
Association Agreement. But it has nothing to do with Karabakh. Why
did Nursultan Nazarbayev publicly read Aliyev's letter? Eventually,
they could discuss this issue behind closed doors. It also has its
explanation. It is obvious to me that the addressee of the letter was
not the President of Armenia, but Putin. Nazarbayev was "making him to
listen" to Aliyev's concerns, first to tear off something from Russia's
president, and then, to please its ally Azerbaijan. Was Serzh Sargsyan
confused? Was he surprised at Nazarbayev's "reading"? To be honest,
I had not noticed it from the footages on TV. But let's assume he was
in a panic. Is it essential or the fact that we are going to enter
into a union, in which two (three along with Kyrgyzstan) states are
Azerbaijan's allies, and one of them, Russia, is supplying arms to both
us and Azerbaijan, probably, for ensuring peace in the region? Is it
essential or the fact of who was listening to the reading of Aliyev's
letter with what expression of face? In fact, is Russia joining the
Eurasian Union with the UN-recognized borders? And is the Crimea
included in these borders?
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/05/30/165471/