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ARMENIA LEFT OUT OF CSTO
Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 17:24
On June 10 the CSTO ministers of defense met in Moscow, chaired by the
Russian minister of defense Shoygu. His deputy, General Arkady Bakhin
briefed reporters on what had been discussed during the meeting. He
noted that they discussed the situation in the area of responsibility
of CSTO, the situation in Afghanistan, Syria, Ukraine, as well as
discussed further development of the CSTO military component.
Bakhin did not mention the name of Armenia while there is every reason
to mention Armenia in the current situation. Azerbaijan has intensified
subversive acts, as well as snipers against CSTO member Armenia. A
few days ago unprecedented escalation was noticed on the border with
Nakhidjevan, the Armenian side had two victims and the ministry of
defense of Armenia stated bluntly its doubts on Turkish involvement.
It is at least strange when two-three days after the escalation it
is not discussed in the CSTO meeting, and CSTO does not comment on it.
However, it is strange for a normal example of partnership. In the
case of CSTO, it is strange to consider this silence strange. CSTO
is always silent. Not only is it silent, but also its members supply
weapons to Azerbaijan, Russia being supplier number one.
Instead, the meeting of the CSTO ministers of defense discussed color
revolutions. Arkady Bakhin has announced that they could not miss
this issue because color revolutions are carried out under the name
of democratization.
Armenia remains CSTO area only in regard to this issue. For the rest,
Armenia has been outside CSTO, and the organization called security
alliance is in close partnership with Azerbaijan which is not a
CSTO member.
Armenia is in the area of responsibility of CSTO in terms of a "color
revolution". In other words, CSTO will make sure no democratic
processes take place in Armenia which may change the quality of
Armenia.
The necessary internal and external mechanisms for keeping everything
unchanged are in place. Inside it is the systemic opposition which
derives from the ruling system and has formed a so-called bipolar
setting which has not opposed any initiative of handing the sovereignty
of Armenia to Russia. On the very same day, June 10, this opposition
submitted to the government 12 recommendations which do not address
any of external challenges to Armenia, unacceptability of handing
sovereignty to a supranational body, and outside the CSTO gendarmes,
the quick response forces have been formed which are entitled to
intervene in member states to protect law and order.
In this situation, it is not a surprise that domestic life in Armenia
is Á dummy, and the competition is for who will ensure more long-term
and less tense dominance of the empire in Armenia, preventing color
revolutions inside and reason for waste of resource on or need for
intervention for the center.
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Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 17:24
On June 10 the CSTO ministers of defense met in Moscow, chaired by the
Russian minister of defense Shoygu. His deputy, General Arkady Bakhin
briefed reporters on what had been discussed during the meeting. He
noted that they discussed the situation in the area of responsibility
of CSTO, the situation in Afghanistan, Syria, Ukraine, as well as
discussed further development of the CSTO military component.
Bakhin did not mention the name of Armenia while there is every reason
to mention Armenia in the current situation. Azerbaijan has intensified
subversive acts, as well as snipers against CSTO member Armenia. A
few days ago unprecedented escalation was noticed on the border with
Nakhidjevan, the Armenian side had two victims and the ministry of
defense of Armenia stated bluntly its doubts on Turkish involvement.
It is at least strange when two-three days after the escalation it
is not discussed in the CSTO meeting, and CSTO does not comment on it.
However, it is strange for a normal example of partnership. In the
case of CSTO, it is strange to consider this silence strange. CSTO
is always silent. Not only is it silent, but also its members supply
weapons to Azerbaijan, Russia being supplier number one.
Instead, the meeting of the CSTO ministers of defense discussed color
revolutions. Arkady Bakhin has announced that they could not miss
this issue because color revolutions are carried out under the name
of democratization.
Armenia remains CSTO area only in regard to this issue. For the rest,
Armenia has been outside CSTO, and the organization called security
alliance is in close partnership with Azerbaijan which is not a
CSTO member.
Armenia is in the area of responsibility of CSTO in terms of a "color
revolution". In other words, CSTO will make sure no democratic
processes take place in Armenia which may change the quality of
Armenia.
The necessary internal and external mechanisms for keeping everything
unchanged are in place. Inside it is the systemic opposition which
derives from the ruling system and has formed a so-called bipolar
setting which has not opposed any initiative of handing the sovereignty
of Armenia to Russia. On the very same day, June 10, this opposition
submitted to the government 12 recommendations which do not address
any of external challenges to Armenia, unacceptability of handing
sovereignty to a supranational body, and outside the CSTO gendarmes,
the quick response forces have been formed which are entitled to
intervene in member states to protect law and order.
In this situation, it is not a surprise that domestic life in Armenia
is Á dummy, and the competition is for who will ensure more long-term
and less tense dominance of the empire in Armenia, preventing color
revolutions inside and reason for waste of resource on or need for
intervention for the center.
- See more at:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/32577#sthash.AHbDtUN0.dpuf