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REFERENDUM IN CRIMEA IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR AZERBAIJAN - POLITICAL ANALYST
YEREVAN, March 17. / ARKA /. The March 16 referendum in Crimea in
which 96.6% of voters on the mostly Russian-speaking peninsula chose
to secede from Ukraine has become a major concern for Azerbaijan
as it has set a new precedent for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
a political analysts Aram Manukyan said today.
He said there are obvious similarities between Crimea and
Nagorno-Karabakh as both these territories were forcibly given to
other republics by the Soviet authorities.
However, he said, considering further developments one should have
in mind that the international law actually operates when behind it
there is a powerful force. In case of Crimea it is Russia.
"Armenia should pursue a persistent foreign policy and have reliable
and powerful allies whose interests will coincide with the interests
of Armenia. Only in that case we can expect a fair solution to the
Karabakh conflict," he said.
According to him, at this historical period the best ally of Armenia
is Russia, but to believe that it will revise its approaches to act
in a way that will benefit only Armenia is wrong, because Moscow is
now not interested in deterioration of its relations with Azerbaijan.
"On the other hand, Moscow has officially demonstrated its position
on such conflicts and now it can not step back from it," said Manukyan.
In a related development, Ashot Manucharyan, a former member of
Karabakh committee, said the Crimea referendum in mind Azerbaijan
will behave "meek as a lamb" to try to avoid troubles.
According to him, the next target of Russia, which has already entered
into a confrontation with the West and will seek to consolidate the
territories which it considers its legitimate zones of influence,
will be Azerbaijan .
He argued that new dramatic developments are expected also in Turkey,
as in its current form it is no longer needed by the West.
"Developments in Turkey will affect also Armenia and therefore,
we must be very attentive to these issues," he said. -0-
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YEREVAN, March 17. / ARKA /. The March 16 referendum in Crimea in
which 96.6% of voters on the mostly Russian-speaking peninsula chose
to secede from Ukraine has become a major concern for Azerbaijan
as it has set a new precedent for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
a political analysts Aram Manukyan said today.
He said there are obvious similarities between Crimea and
Nagorno-Karabakh as both these territories were forcibly given to
other republics by the Soviet authorities.
However, he said, considering further developments one should have
in mind that the international law actually operates when behind it
there is a powerful force. In case of Crimea it is Russia.
"Armenia should pursue a persistent foreign policy and have reliable
and powerful allies whose interests will coincide with the interests
of Armenia. Only in that case we can expect a fair solution to the
Karabakh conflict," he said.
According to him, at this historical period the best ally of Armenia
is Russia, but to believe that it will revise its approaches to act
in a way that will benefit only Armenia is wrong, because Moscow is
now not interested in deterioration of its relations with Azerbaijan.
"On the other hand, Moscow has officially demonstrated its position
on such conflicts and now it can not step back from it," said Manukyan.
In a related development, Ashot Manucharyan, a former member of
Karabakh committee, said the Crimea referendum in mind Azerbaijan
will behave "meek as a lamb" to try to avoid troubles.
According to him, the next target of Russia, which has already entered
into a confrontation with the West and will seek to consolidate the
territories which it considers its legitimate zones of influence,
will be Azerbaijan .
He argued that new dramatic developments are expected also in Turkey,
as in its current form it is no longer needed by the West.
"Developments in Turkey will affect also Armenia and therefore,
we must be very attentive to these issues," he said. -0-
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/referendum_in_crimea_is_a_major_concern_for_azerba ijan_political_analyst/#sthash.Wef9aU2p.dpuf