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ARMENIA SHOULD HAVE EITHER ABSTAINED FROM VOTING OR NOT VOTED ON UN RESOLUTION ON CRIMEA - POLITICAL TECHNOLOGIST
March 28, 2014 | 11:30
YEREVAN. - In mere diplomatic terms, it would have been better if
Armenia either had abstained from voting or not voted on the UN
General Assembly resolution that recognizes Ukraine's territorial
integrity and the inviolability of its borders.
Political technologist Karen Kocharyan told the aforementioned
toArmenian News-NEWS.am.
"If we [Armenia] vote in favor of territorial integrity, this means we
have to vote also in favor of Azerbaijan's 'territorial integrity;'
that is, in this case we would vote against the precept of the
self-determination of nations.
"Merely in terms interests, we should be more in favor of the precept
of the self-determination of nations because we have a Karabakh issue.
But in mere diplomatic terms, it would have been right to either not
vote or abstain from voting [at the UN]," Kocharyan noted.
But he expressed confidence that this decision will in no way affect
Armenian-Ukrainian relations which, in his view, will flare up,
but nothing will happen.
"Since there is no direct conflict of interests between Armenia
and Ukraine, it [i.e., Armenia's vote at the UN] will not leave any
further consequence," the analyst said.
In his words, Armenia's positions in the international arena are
already fairly weak.
"The important thing is how we behave during various general
international contacts and on keeping arrangements," Karen Kocharyan
noted.
As reported earlier, Armenia was among the eleven countries that
on Thursday voted against the UN General Assembly resolution which
declares invalid Crimea's recent referendum calling for joiningRussia.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
March 28, 2014 | 11:30
YEREVAN. - In mere diplomatic terms, it would have been better if
Armenia either had abstained from voting or not voted on the UN
General Assembly resolution that recognizes Ukraine's territorial
integrity and the inviolability of its borders.
Political technologist Karen Kocharyan told the aforementioned
toArmenian News-NEWS.am.
"If we [Armenia] vote in favor of territorial integrity, this means we
have to vote also in favor of Azerbaijan's 'territorial integrity;'
that is, in this case we would vote against the precept of the
self-determination of nations.
"Merely in terms interests, we should be more in favor of the precept
of the self-determination of nations because we have a Karabakh issue.
But in mere diplomatic terms, it would have been right to either not
vote or abstain from voting [at the UN]," Kocharyan noted.
But he expressed confidence that this decision will in no way affect
Armenian-Ukrainian relations which, in his view, will flare up,
but nothing will happen.
"Since there is no direct conflict of interests between Armenia
and Ukraine, it [i.e., Armenia's vote at the UN] will not leave any
further consequence," the analyst said.
In his words, Armenia's positions in the international arena are
already fairly weak.
"The important thing is how we behave during various general
international contacts and on keeping arrangements," Karen Kocharyan
noted.
As reported earlier, Armenia was among the eleven countries that
on Thursday voted against the UN General Assembly resolution which
declares invalid Crimea's recent referendum calling for joiningRussia.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
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