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Armenia's Borders Were Defined In Minsk
Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - 11 October 2014, 12:33
The president of Kazakhstan has announced that a compromise over the
borders of Armenia upon membership of Armenia to the Customs Union is
in place.
It is not known what compromise has been reached, among whom, what the
subject matter of the compromise is. Is the compromise over
recognition of Armenia's borders or on some other issue that has
nothing to do with Armenia? For example, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan may
have agreed afterwards to withdraw the issue of borders of Armenia
upon membership.
Perhaps, it is not realistic to expect that the Armenian government
will explain the compromise. It is possible that the Armenian
government is not aware or has not been informed about the compromise
yet. After all, the issue of Armenia's borders upon membership or the
so-called issue of setting up customs on the border of Artsakh was a
subject matter of deals among Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and
Azerbaijan.
For example, it should not be ruled out that the compromise was over
the borders of Armenia for a new partnership agreement between the EU
and Kazakhstan in which Nazarbayev underscores the inclusion of the
security component, which is a new thing in the prospect of relations
between Kazakhstan and the North Atlantic community. In addition,
Nazarbayev declares about it through a visit to Brussels and
publication of an article in the authoritative American magazine on
the eve of the Minsk summit.
In any case, the issue is definitely the customs. And the result of
the compromise is that customs are not insisted at this stage.
However, the agreement is obviously an oral one, in other words, this
issue is not established by a clause in the treaty. And the issue of
customs on the Armenia-Artsakh border may again come up some time in
the future.
At the same time, it is possible that Armenia was given time to
resolve the customs issue, i.e. "prepare the public". It is possible,
like the U-turn from European integration to Eurasian vassal was
possible. With such political system and arrangement as in Armenia
everything is possible. It is a matter of rhetoric to declare that the
customs on the border of Artsakh is irreversible. The expert community
adjunct to Gazprom will be helpful which has already started
explaining how important an attribute the customs will be for the
independence of Artsakh.
Moreover, the customs could be declared the founding customs of the
independence of Artsakh while the referendum on the independence of
Artsakh will be an unrecognized spasm.
At present, this may seem an irrelevant exaggeration but what is
happening in Armenia today, both inside and around Armenia, after the
victory in the war of Artsakh, would appear not only as an
exaggeration but also the product of imagination, something incredible
and fantastic. However, 20 years later this is reality, and the
president of some country announces that they have reached a
compromise over the borders of Armenia.
And what is a state border. The state border is the independence and
sovereignty of the state. In other words, it is a subject of
compromise. In other words, Armenia is slowly getting closer to the
status of unrecognized state as the borders of this country are
gradually becoming a subject of compromise.
It is interesting whether there was a similar compromise on the
Russian border, namely Crimea. Not, of course, because issues in the
Eurasian Union are brought up selectively, based on the weak link. And
the weak link is Armenia.
But there is one but. The Eurasian Union itself is a weak link and
will definitely crack even if the government and non-government siege
Armenia. And Armenia will overcome the siege but after having lost a
lot of time. Though the loss of Armenia would be the least of all
troubles.
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From: Baghdasarian
Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - 11 October 2014, 12:33
The president of Kazakhstan has announced that a compromise over the
borders of Armenia upon membership of Armenia to the Customs Union is
in place.
It is not known what compromise has been reached, among whom, what the
subject matter of the compromise is. Is the compromise over
recognition of Armenia's borders or on some other issue that has
nothing to do with Armenia? For example, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan may
have agreed afterwards to withdraw the issue of borders of Armenia
upon membership.
Perhaps, it is not realistic to expect that the Armenian government
will explain the compromise. It is possible that the Armenian
government is not aware or has not been informed about the compromise
yet. After all, the issue of Armenia's borders upon membership or the
so-called issue of setting up customs on the border of Artsakh was a
subject matter of deals among Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and
Azerbaijan.
For example, it should not be ruled out that the compromise was over
the borders of Armenia for a new partnership agreement between the EU
and Kazakhstan in which Nazarbayev underscores the inclusion of the
security component, which is a new thing in the prospect of relations
between Kazakhstan and the North Atlantic community. In addition,
Nazarbayev declares about it through a visit to Brussels and
publication of an article in the authoritative American magazine on
the eve of the Minsk summit.
In any case, the issue is definitely the customs. And the result of
the compromise is that customs are not insisted at this stage.
However, the agreement is obviously an oral one, in other words, this
issue is not established by a clause in the treaty. And the issue of
customs on the Armenia-Artsakh border may again come up some time in
the future.
At the same time, it is possible that Armenia was given time to
resolve the customs issue, i.e. "prepare the public". It is possible,
like the U-turn from European integration to Eurasian vassal was
possible. With such political system and arrangement as in Armenia
everything is possible. It is a matter of rhetoric to declare that the
customs on the border of Artsakh is irreversible. The expert community
adjunct to Gazprom will be helpful which has already started
explaining how important an attribute the customs will be for the
independence of Artsakh.
Moreover, the customs could be declared the founding customs of the
independence of Artsakh while the referendum on the independence of
Artsakh will be an unrecognized spasm.
At present, this may seem an irrelevant exaggeration but what is
happening in Armenia today, both inside and around Armenia, after the
victory in the war of Artsakh, would appear not only as an
exaggeration but also the product of imagination, something incredible
and fantastic. However, 20 years later this is reality, and the
president of some country announces that they have reached a
compromise over the borders of Armenia.
And what is a state border. The state border is the independence and
sovereignty of the state. In other words, it is a subject of
compromise. In other words, Armenia is slowly getting closer to the
status of unrecognized state as the borders of this country are
gradually becoming a subject of compromise.
It is interesting whether there was a similar compromise on the
Russian border, namely Crimea. Not, of course, because issues in the
Eurasian Union are brought up selectively, based on the weak link. And
the weak link is Armenia.
But there is one but. The Eurasian Union itself is a weak link and
will definitely crack even if the government and non-government siege
Armenia. And Armenia will overcome the siege but after having lost a
lot of time. Though the loss of Armenia would be the least of all
troubles.
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From: Baghdasarian