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168 ZHAM: DEVELOPMENTS IN ASTANA SUMMIT MORE DANGEROUS THAN THOUGHT
09:00 * 03.06.14
Below is the paper's editorial addressing Kazakh President Norsultan
Nazarbaev's speech at the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council's summit
in Astana.
What happened in Astana last week is, as a matter of fact, more
dangerous, more anti-Armenian and more impermissible than any
document concerning the Armenia-Turkey relations. But the silence
by the native oppositionists and non-governing circles appear to be
stronger than that of [President] Serzh Sargsyan who was sitting in
front of Nazarbaev and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin. And if the
silence is broken at times, it is limited only to Serzh Sargsyan's
statement on the address' being "unpleasant but not dangerous".
And opposition forces observe silence on Astana, giving not only
usual tacit replies but also making themselves visible and audible
in a unique way. For example, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the Armenian
National Congress leader, convened a session the next day to consider
the ANC's position on the definition of political prisoners. Zory
Balayan's letter to Putin is just naivety compared to Ter-Petrosyan's
message, which is not written on paper. And to deliver the address in
a more beautiful way and with less noise, the ANC simply convened a
session to consider the issue of political prisoners in light of an
equivalent threat.
And by the way, it bears a special message. The only political prisoner
today is Shant Harityunyan who dared to tell Putin that he would
not let him degrade his country's reputation. The ANC, naturally,
declares him ... a criminal offender. Because if it does not, it will
thus express its agreement to the articles that led to his detention by
the authorities. But the ANC is not alone in it silence; it has been
joined by Prosperous [Armenia]. So do the Dashnaks and Ruben Hakobyan
[the opposition Heritage parliamentary faction's leader], because
[Heritage leader] Raffi Hovhannisian has been silent for quite a long
time. And no one calls for denouncing Astana. Nobody burns Kazakhstan's
flag. Nor are there calls for assaults against [FM] Edward Nalbandian.
In short, there is silence by all, the entire political system of
Armenia. This silence is unpleasant, of course, but never dangerous.
Not for Russia at least.
Armenian News - Tert.am
09:00 * 03.06.14
Below is the paper's editorial addressing Kazakh President Norsultan
Nazarbaev's speech at the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council's summit
in Astana.
What happened in Astana last week is, as a matter of fact, more
dangerous, more anti-Armenian and more impermissible than any
document concerning the Armenia-Turkey relations. But the silence
by the native oppositionists and non-governing circles appear to be
stronger than that of [President] Serzh Sargsyan who was sitting in
front of Nazarbaev and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin. And if the
silence is broken at times, it is limited only to Serzh Sargsyan's
statement on the address' being "unpleasant but not dangerous".
And opposition forces observe silence on Astana, giving not only
usual tacit replies but also making themselves visible and audible
in a unique way. For example, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the Armenian
National Congress leader, convened a session the next day to consider
the ANC's position on the definition of political prisoners. Zory
Balayan's letter to Putin is just naivety compared to Ter-Petrosyan's
message, which is not written on paper. And to deliver the address in
a more beautiful way and with less noise, the ANC simply convened a
session to consider the issue of political prisoners in light of an
equivalent threat.
And by the way, it bears a special message. The only political prisoner
today is Shant Harityunyan who dared to tell Putin that he would
not let him degrade his country's reputation. The ANC, naturally,
declares him ... a criminal offender. Because if it does not, it will
thus express its agreement to the articles that led to his detention by
the authorities. But the ANC is not alone in it silence; it has been
joined by Prosperous [Armenia]. So do the Dashnaks and Ruben Hakobyan
[the opposition Heritage parliamentary faction's leader], because
[Heritage leader] Raffi Hovhannisian has been silent for quite a long
time. And no one calls for denouncing Astana. Nobody burns Kazakhstan's
flag. Nor are there calls for assaults against [FM] Edward Nalbandian.
In short, there is silence by all, the entire political system of
Armenia. This silence is unpleasant, of course, but never dangerous.
Not for Russia at least.
Armenian News - Tert.am