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HAS BORDYUZHA BROUGHT PEACEKEEPERS TO ARMENIA?
Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Politics - 23 March 2015, 20:59
CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha and the head of CSTO United
Headquarters Alexander Studenikin have arrived in Armenia. Issues
relating to the activities of CSTO were discussed with the Ministry
of Defense, including organization of a drill for CSTO peacekeepers
in Armenia in 2015.
Bordyuzha's visit is interesting in the context of the latest
escalation at the Armenian-Azerbaijani line of contact, due to
which the Armenian side has lost three, and Azerbaijan, according to
Armenia's official information, about 20 Azerbaijanis were killed.
Information about the new commando and victims had been preceded by
an unprecedented statement on sale of Russian weapon to Azerbaijan
by Serzh Sargsyan.
Why has Bordyuzha arrived? Has he come to tell Serzh Sargsyan that
Russia will continue to supply weapons to Azerbaijan as long as Baku
will wish to buy them or will Bordyuzha tell him that if the Armenian
side expects CSTO's intervention, it has to agree to deployment of
CSTO, i.e. Russian peacekeepers at the line of contact.
It is hardly possible that Bordyuzha's mission is to assist Armenia
because it would be a breach of the organization's principle. At least,
Bordyuzha or any other Russian official has not stated anything that
would make Azerbaijan think that if sabotages continue they will have
to deal with CSTO.
Hence, ostensibly, the CSTO Secretary General has arrived in Armenia
after the latest sabotage to present to Armenia a "compromise" plan:
you agree to deployment of CSTO peacekeepers at the line of contact,
and Azerbaijan stops the firing.
Incidentally, Serzh Sargsyan's speech slamming the sale of
Russian weapons indicated that pressure on Armenia is growing,
and Sargsyan just threatened that further escalation may affect
the Armenian-Russian relations. Although, many people are trying to
make the public believe that Serzh Sargsyan has earlier expressed
such concerns too but in politics the choice of words and phrases is
highly important. Earlier Serzh Sargsyan had not spoken about a bad
effect on the Armenian-Russian relations.
Hence, Sargsyan's statement is a brave one, which might be
determined by the fact that Yerevan has become convinced of the
Russian-Turkish-Azerbaijani game and has learned about arrangements
within this fame which are no less risky for official Yerevan than the
risks that might be caused by statements that might not please Russia.
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/politics/view/33822
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Politics - 23 March 2015, 20:59
CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha and the head of CSTO United
Headquarters Alexander Studenikin have arrived in Armenia. Issues
relating to the activities of CSTO were discussed with the Ministry
of Defense, including organization of a drill for CSTO peacekeepers
in Armenia in 2015.
Bordyuzha's visit is interesting in the context of the latest
escalation at the Armenian-Azerbaijani line of contact, due to
which the Armenian side has lost three, and Azerbaijan, according to
Armenia's official information, about 20 Azerbaijanis were killed.
Information about the new commando and victims had been preceded by
an unprecedented statement on sale of Russian weapon to Azerbaijan
by Serzh Sargsyan.
Why has Bordyuzha arrived? Has he come to tell Serzh Sargsyan that
Russia will continue to supply weapons to Azerbaijan as long as Baku
will wish to buy them or will Bordyuzha tell him that if the Armenian
side expects CSTO's intervention, it has to agree to deployment of
CSTO, i.e. Russian peacekeepers at the line of contact.
It is hardly possible that Bordyuzha's mission is to assist Armenia
because it would be a breach of the organization's principle. At least,
Bordyuzha or any other Russian official has not stated anything that
would make Azerbaijan think that if sabotages continue they will have
to deal with CSTO.
Hence, ostensibly, the CSTO Secretary General has arrived in Armenia
after the latest sabotage to present to Armenia a "compromise" plan:
you agree to deployment of CSTO peacekeepers at the line of contact,
and Azerbaijan stops the firing.
Incidentally, Serzh Sargsyan's speech slamming the sale of
Russian weapons indicated that pressure on Armenia is growing,
and Sargsyan just threatened that further escalation may affect
the Armenian-Russian relations. Although, many people are trying to
make the public believe that Serzh Sargsyan has earlier expressed
such concerns too but in politics the choice of words and phrases is
highly important. Earlier Serzh Sargsyan had not spoken about a bad
effect on the Armenian-Russian relations.
Hence, Sargsyan's statement is a brave one, which might be
determined by the fact that Yerevan has become convinced of the
Russian-Turkish-Azerbaijani game and has learned about arrangements
within this fame which are no less risky for official Yerevan than the
risks that might be caused by statements that might not please Russia.
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/politics/view/33822
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress