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DIFFICULT PROBLEM OF ARMENIAN ARMY
Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - Friday, 06 June 2014, 17:13
After the incident of Nakhidjevan the minister of defense Seiran
Ohanyan invited the personal representative of the OSCE CiO Andrzej
Kasprzyk to his office and urged him to take measures to pacify
Azerbaijan.
It seems that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should have taken this
step. Of course, if there is one available. Meanwhile, there are
serious doubts that there is one. The ministry of foreign affairs
is gradually taking on the function of a department of the ministry
of economy. Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan says the embassies must
bring investments to Armenia.
On the other hand, thus the foreign ministry will at least mean
something to Armenia because currently it is an obsolete agency which
is wasting public funds and is just a "prestigious" employer for the
relatives of different officials.
Seiran Ohanyan has taken on functions of foreign minister. It is not
clear where the "nominal" foreign minister is. Nobody has heard of him
since Astana. Meanwhile, the day before both the Azerbaijani armed
forces and Nazarbayev gave reasons for that. The latter announced
that Turkey may associate with the Eurasian Union.
Notably, Seiran Ohanyan invites Kasprzyk while the MFA is silent. In
Armenia the foreign ministry is servicing the interests of another
state. In Armenia we do not have a foreign minister, there is a
Russian ambassador-at-large.
The function of the ministry of foreign affairs is de facto performed
by the army. It is objective to some extent because initially and
originally the Armenian army has a foreign political function due
to the war. On the other hand, the army is performing this function
alone. And in fact, this "loneness" is due to the lack of a political
stance of Armenia on the settlement on Artsakh.
If the government puts the victory of the army, which is the same as
the dignity of the army, on the table of negotiations, the army is
left alone to perform the political function.
Normally, the army and the MFA must complete each other, diversifying
the foreign political potential of the country. However, the Armenian
government has regularly involved the army in domestic affairs while
keeping it away from foreign affairs, thereby enabling the degradation
of the armed forces, especially within the general staff.
The army feels the consequences and in the absence of a foreign
ministry it is obvious to the armed forces that it is dangerous to
overlook foreign political problems.
At the same time, assumption of this mission or function will cause
resistance inside the system, especially among the circles for which
foreign issues are part of personal business and outside it are
perceived as a bugbear.
However, those responsible for the capability of the armed forces
have to accept the blow and fulfill their mission. It will ensure both
public support and the best defense in case of external aggression.
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Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - Friday, 06 June 2014, 17:13
After the incident of Nakhidjevan the minister of defense Seiran
Ohanyan invited the personal representative of the OSCE CiO Andrzej
Kasprzyk to his office and urged him to take measures to pacify
Azerbaijan.
It seems that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should have taken this
step. Of course, if there is one available. Meanwhile, there are
serious doubts that there is one. The ministry of foreign affairs
is gradually taking on the function of a department of the ministry
of economy. Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan says the embassies must
bring investments to Armenia.
On the other hand, thus the foreign ministry will at least mean
something to Armenia because currently it is an obsolete agency which
is wasting public funds and is just a "prestigious" employer for the
relatives of different officials.
Seiran Ohanyan has taken on functions of foreign minister. It is not
clear where the "nominal" foreign minister is. Nobody has heard of him
since Astana. Meanwhile, the day before both the Azerbaijani armed
forces and Nazarbayev gave reasons for that. The latter announced
that Turkey may associate with the Eurasian Union.
Notably, Seiran Ohanyan invites Kasprzyk while the MFA is silent. In
Armenia the foreign ministry is servicing the interests of another
state. In Armenia we do not have a foreign minister, there is a
Russian ambassador-at-large.
The function of the ministry of foreign affairs is de facto performed
by the army. It is objective to some extent because initially and
originally the Armenian army has a foreign political function due
to the war. On the other hand, the army is performing this function
alone. And in fact, this "loneness" is due to the lack of a political
stance of Armenia on the settlement on Artsakh.
If the government puts the victory of the army, which is the same as
the dignity of the army, on the table of negotiations, the army is
left alone to perform the political function.
Normally, the army and the MFA must complete each other, diversifying
the foreign political potential of the country. However, the Armenian
government has regularly involved the army in domestic affairs while
keeping it away from foreign affairs, thereby enabling the degradation
of the armed forces, especially within the general staff.
The army feels the consequences and in the absence of a foreign
ministry it is obvious to the armed forces that it is dangerous to
overlook foreign political problems.
At the same time, assumption of this mission or function will cause
resistance inside the system, especially among the circles for which
foreign issues are part of personal business and outside it are
perceived as a bugbear.
However, those responsible for the capability of the armed forces
have to accept the blow and fulfill their mission. It will ensure both
public support and the best defense in case of external aggression.
- See more at:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/32554#sthash.BlHrqUwg.dpuf