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DOWNFALL CONTINUES AT AN UNBELIEVABLE RATE
Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - 10 September 2014, 23:56
Formally the foreign minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandyan states
that the wording in NATO Wales Summit's final declaration endangers
the process of Artsakh negotiations and regional security.
Apparently, Nalbandyan thinks danger and threat emanate from the
fact that the right to self-determination is not mentioned directly
in the declaration. There is no doubt that it is not in the interests
of Armenia, and a direct statement would have been desirable. But why
danger for negotiations and a security threat if during the summit one
of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, the United States which has
organized the Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting and announced that escalation
is unacceptable? In other words, the United States directly rebuked
Azerbaijan.
Besides, NATO Summit has made several other decisions which will
strengthen regional security.
In this situation, it does not seem adequate to present the
declaration as exposing the negotiations and a document that does
not favor security. Hence, the Armenian side actually considers its
participation in Wales Summit as a failure because if a declaration
worth such evaluation has been adopted, the failure of Armenian
delegation attending the summit is acknowledged.
In fact, the Armenian foreign minister thus plays down on the
participation of Armenia in Wales Summit. Why is Nalbandyan doing
this? To calm Russia's jealousy? Or is Russia displeased with some
decisions of NATO Summit and the U.S. initiative at the Sargsyan-Aliyev
meeting which is actually aimed at restoring the balance of forces
in the region and reducing the prospects for a Russian-Turkish deal
over Artsakh.
NATO Summit laid down that the process of Artsakh negotiations remain
within the Minsk Group mediated format. A few months ago, during the
joint meeting of the foreign ministers of Turkey and Russia, Ahmed
Davutoghlu was speaking about a joint settlement of the conflict though
Turkey is not in any format of negotiations. And Russia did not oppose.
In fact, the developments in NATO Summit were a wedge driven between
the Russian-Turkish intentions and may have actually voided the
invitation to Erdogan to visit Armenia that Nalbandyan had taken
to Baku to hand to him. And now, in order to save the situation,
he needs to play down on NATO Summit and whatever happened during
the participation of the head of state in this summit.
Or this is a very wily Armenian diplomacy which is ridiculous in the
modern world or a diplomatic reconnaissance-in-force against positive
tendencies for Armenia observed during NATO Summit.
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Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - 10 September 2014, 23:56
Formally the foreign minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandyan states
that the wording in NATO Wales Summit's final declaration endangers
the process of Artsakh negotiations and regional security.
Apparently, Nalbandyan thinks danger and threat emanate from the
fact that the right to self-determination is not mentioned directly
in the declaration. There is no doubt that it is not in the interests
of Armenia, and a direct statement would have been desirable. But why
danger for negotiations and a security threat if during the summit one
of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, the United States which has
organized the Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting and announced that escalation
is unacceptable? In other words, the United States directly rebuked
Azerbaijan.
Besides, NATO Summit has made several other decisions which will
strengthen regional security.
In this situation, it does not seem adequate to present the
declaration as exposing the negotiations and a document that does
not favor security. Hence, the Armenian side actually considers its
participation in Wales Summit as a failure because if a declaration
worth such evaluation has been adopted, the failure of Armenian
delegation attending the summit is acknowledged.
In fact, the Armenian foreign minister thus plays down on the
participation of Armenia in Wales Summit. Why is Nalbandyan doing
this? To calm Russia's jealousy? Or is Russia displeased with some
decisions of NATO Summit and the U.S. initiative at the Sargsyan-Aliyev
meeting which is actually aimed at restoring the balance of forces
in the region and reducing the prospects for a Russian-Turkish deal
over Artsakh.
NATO Summit laid down that the process of Artsakh negotiations remain
within the Minsk Group mediated format. A few months ago, during the
joint meeting of the foreign ministers of Turkey and Russia, Ahmed
Davutoghlu was speaking about a joint settlement of the conflict though
Turkey is not in any format of negotiations. And Russia did not oppose.
In fact, the developments in NATO Summit were a wedge driven between
the Russian-Turkish intentions and may have actually voided the
invitation to Erdogan to visit Armenia that Nalbandyan had taken
to Baku to hand to him. And now, in order to save the situation,
he needs to play down on NATO Summit and whatever happened during
the participation of the head of state in this summit.
Or this is a very wily Armenian diplomacy which is ridiculous in the
modern world or a diplomatic reconnaissance-in-force against positive
tendencies for Armenia observed during NATO Summit.
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/32962#sthash.eydGBCik.dpuf