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ARA PAPYAN. "IF AZNAVOUR WANTS TO BE FREE AND TO ACT ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE, THEN HE CANNOT ACT AS AN AMBASSADOR."
September 17 2014
French chansonnier, Ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland, Charles
Aznavour, in the interview with Hollywood Reporter, talking about
his diplomatic career, said that he would soon meet with the Turkish
ambassador, but he had not told about it beforehand, "because they
can tell me that I should not do it, whereas I want to be free in
my actions." In the interview, Charles Aznavour had mentioned that
he is working independently, without asking the president, but
later tells about it. In this regard, Aravot.am talked to former
Ambassador of Armenia to Canada, also Director of "Modus Vivendi"
analytical Center, Ara Papyan. We inquired whether such practice
is right for an ambassador, firs to do then to report, to which
Mr. Papyan responded that all ambassadors are extraordinary and
plenipotentiary ambassadors, which means that they were originally
authorized with certain extraordinary powers to implement policy. "If
the policy implemented by the Ambassador is within the scope which is
the state's policy, there should be no question here, everything is
legal. The ambassador is free in his moves, he is free in his circle,
but outside of it, he is not free. Otherwise, every ambassador would
be able to pursue his policy and there would be a mess."
Mr. Papyan does not see any problem in meeting with the Turkish
ambassador. "But if as an ambassador he is going to conduct
negotiations on any matter, then it is necessary to clearly understand
which the scope that should be acted. The view expressed by the
ambassador is the view of the state. In this event, if Aznavour
want to be independent, free and to act on his own initiative, then
he cannot act as an ambassador." In the interview, Charles Aznavour
also said that he has nothing against nowadays Turks as the genocide
was committed by their ancestors. Commenting on such words of the
ambassador, Mr. Papyan mentioned that such assessment is an assessment
of a singer, but not the ambassador's. "Even today's Germany is
responsible for the Holocaust, and it shows in its actions. If we were
followed by the same logic, the present-day Germany should not have
been responsible for the Holocaust. There is a continuity of states,
and, surely, today's Turkey is the continuation of the Ottoman Empire."
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/09/17/166944/
September 17 2014
French chansonnier, Ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland, Charles
Aznavour, in the interview with Hollywood Reporter, talking about
his diplomatic career, said that he would soon meet with the Turkish
ambassador, but he had not told about it beforehand, "because they
can tell me that I should not do it, whereas I want to be free in
my actions." In the interview, Charles Aznavour had mentioned that
he is working independently, without asking the president, but
later tells about it. In this regard, Aravot.am talked to former
Ambassador of Armenia to Canada, also Director of "Modus Vivendi"
analytical Center, Ara Papyan. We inquired whether such practice
is right for an ambassador, firs to do then to report, to which
Mr. Papyan responded that all ambassadors are extraordinary and
plenipotentiary ambassadors, which means that they were originally
authorized with certain extraordinary powers to implement policy. "If
the policy implemented by the Ambassador is within the scope which is
the state's policy, there should be no question here, everything is
legal. The ambassador is free in his moves, he is free in his circle,
but outside of it, he is not free. Otherwise, every ambassador would
be able to pursue his policy and there would be a mess."
Mr. Papyan does not see any problem in meeting with the Turkish
ambassador. "But if as an ambassador he is going to conduct
negotiations on any matter, then it is necessary to clearly understand
which the scope that should be acted. The view expressed by the
ambassador is the view of the state. In this event, if Aznavour
want to be independent, free and to act on his own initiative, then
he cannot act as an ambassador." In the interview, Charles Aznavour
also said that he has nothing against nowadays Turks as the genocide
was committed by their ancestors. Commenting on such words of the
ambassador, Mr. Papyan mentioned that such assessment is an assessment
of a singer, but not the ambassador's. "Even today's Germany is
responsible for the Holocaust, and it shows in its actions. If we were
followed by the same logic, the present-day Germany should not have
been responsible for the Holocaust. There is a continuity of states,
and, surely, today's Turkey is the continuation of the Ottoman Empire."
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/09/17/166944/