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    The Decision To Punish Azerbaijan

    Haikazn Ghahriyan, Editor-in-Chief
    Comments - 15 November 2014, 13:39


    The statement released by the press office of the RA president informs
    that the presidents of Armenia and NKR watched the drills, then went
    to the command post and "listened to the decision of the Defense Army
    commander". The statement does not disclose the decision, of course,
    and cannot do.

    After the drill Serzh Sargsyan, Seiran Ohanyan and Movses Hakobyan
    announced that the Armenian side will respond, and the response is
    going to be disproportionate.

    The downed Armenian helicopter caused a wide reaction among
    international stakeholders and the mass media. Unlike the August
    events when the statements were more or less clear, and the
    responsible side was indicated, these statements were blurred. For
    example, the statement of the Minsk Group does not even note whose
    helicopter it was.

    The response of the Armenian side in August was in line with the
    international community's stance on punishing Azerbaijan. What
    happened next? Russia wanted to "lift the blockade" of Armenia and
    Azerbaijan was ready to allow communication between Russia and Armenia
    via its territory. Of course, this issue was to be resolved at the
    expense of the territories of Karabakh and through stationing Russian
    troops in Karabakh.

    The proper actions of the Armenian army in August thwarted this plan,
    and the wide solidarity of the Armenian people had a great role. Since
    the Russian-Azerbaijani plans contradicted the interests of the West,
    Iran and China, the international community supported the Armenian
    side. In fact, the decision on punishing Azerbaijan was made. In other
    words, the actions of the Armenian army were fully in line with the
    concept and trend of current global developments, and the Armenians
    had an opportunity to see and understand how politics is done, and
    what our real interests and foes are.

    Currently, judging by international response to the helicopter
    incident, there does not seem to be such background and "decision".
    However, there is not a clear-cut attitude to the incident. This means
    that the issue remains open.

    It is necessary to take into consideration the background situation of
    the helicopter incident. It was preceded by NATO week, high-level
    meetings between the RA Minister of Defense and NATO leadership during
    which readiness to deepen cooperation was expressed.

    At the same time, the heads of the Armenian and Russian ministries of
    defense signed an agreement on cooperation between armed forces which
    pointed out their "integration". In other words, if NATO sees the
    Armenian armed forces as a partner, Russia intends to "integrate" the
    Armenian armed forces.

    The Armenian army is the only structure which implements a sovereign
    policy and also has to fulfill foreign political functions that are
    aimed at the sovereignty and security of Armenia. The Armenian army is
    currently the only obstacle to full absorption of Armenia.

    The developments of August showed that the Armenian army and the
    Armenian people are ready and capable of resistance and in that case
    the entire progressive world stood beside the Armenians. The
    helicopter incident cannot change this setting. On the other hand,
    from the military point of view Azerbaijan depends on Russia and has
    become an instrument that is used to persuade Armenians to "integrate"
    the armies and actually change the status quo. And this contradicts
    the international political situation.

    In this regard, there is no alternative to the decision to punish
    Azerbaijan even though it currently does not fit the "international
    trend". The problem is the scope and nature of punishment with the
    non-traditional irregular methodologies that are being established in
    the world after which Azerbaijan will refrain from any encroachment.
    This fully fits in the rules and logic of international politics and
    security.

    Is the statement of the Armenian army on "disproportionate punishment"
    evidence to such a decision?

    http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/33226#sthash.u8w9mdo5.dpuf



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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