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SARGSYAN'S STATEMENT ON RUSSIAN ARM DELIVERIES TO AZERBAIJAN CLEAR MESSAGE TO KREMLIN, SAYS ANALYST
POLITICS | 25.03.15 | 16:09
http://armenianow.com/news/politics/61759/armenia_kremlin_russia_azerbaijan_sargsyan_arms
Alina Nikoghosyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's latest statement about Russia
selling weapons to Azerbaijan was clearly a message addressed to the
Kremlin, head of the Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional
Cooperation, political analyst Stepan Grigoryan thinks.
"I believe Serzh Sargsyan's statement was proper, because we also said
on numerous occasions that it is very strange that our military ally
sells a huge amount of weapons [to Armenia's military arch-foe]. As a
matter of fact, that message was not addressed to Azerbaijan or to the
Armenian society, it was first of all addressed to the Kremlin, so that
they know that we are concerned," Grigoryan told reporters Wednesday.
Last week at the media forum called "At the Foot of Mount Ararat"
the president specifically said that Armenia is concerned over the
fact that Russia is selling weapons to Azerbaijan.
"And here, the matter is not about the quality of arms, the matter
is that the soldier on our border realizes that they [Azeris] try to
kill him by Russian weapons," Sargsyan said.
According to the political analyst, this very statement of the
president caused the recent acceleration of tension and sabotage on
the Karabakh-Azerbaijan border. Other analysts, however, said they
did not see any direct correlation between the statements of Armenian
officials and border tensions.
Relations with Russia created problems in Armenia-EU ties, according
to Grigoryan. Armenia's membership in the Russia-led Eurasian Economic
Union (EEU) disturbed the balance, because of which now Armenia is
again trying to establish relations with the EU, he said.
"We became an EEU member, and threats do not come true, it is clear
that Armenia has to restore the balance. It turned out that the
Elder Brother does not even intend to support us, it does support
Azerbaijan, and most importantly, Russia is preoccupied with solving
other problems," the political analyst said and added that Russia
does not have time to be concerned with Armenian problems.
From: A. Papazian
POLITICS | 25.03.15 | 16:09
http://armenianow.com/news/politics/61759/armenia_kremlin_russia_azerbaijan_sargsyan_arms
Alina Nikoghosyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's latest statement about Russia
selling weapons to Azerbaijan was clearly a message addressed to the
Kremlin, head of the Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional
Cooperation, political analyst Stepan Grigoryan thinks.
"I believe Serzh Sargsyan's statement was proper, because we also said
on numerous occasions that it is very strange that our military ally
sells a huge amount of weapons [to Armenia's military arch-foe]. As a
matter of fact, that message was not addressed to Azerbaijan or to the
Armenian society, it was first of all addressed to the Kremlin, so that
they know that we are concerned," Grigoryan told reporters Wednesday.
Last week at the media forum called "At the Foot of Mount Ararat"
the president specifically said that Armenia is concerned over the
fact that Russia is selling weapons to Azerbaijan.
"And here, the matter is not about the quality of arms, the matter
is that the soldier on our border realizes that they [Azeris] try to
kill him by Russian weapons," Sargsyan said.
According to the political analyst, this very statement of the
president caused the recent acceleration of tension and sabotage on
the Karabakh-Azerbaijan border. Other analysts, however, said they
did not see any direct correlation between the statements of Armenian
officials and border tensions.
Relations with Russia created problems in Armenia-EU ties, according
to Grigoryan. Armenia's membership in the Russia-led Eurasian Economic
Union (EEU) disturbed the balance, because of which now Armenia is
again trying to establish relations with the EU, he said.
"We became an EEU member, and threats do not come true, it is clear
that Armenia has to restore the balance. It turned out that the
Elder Brother does not even intend to support us, it does support
Azerbaijan, and most importantly, Russia is preoccupied with solving
other problems," the political analyst said and added that Russia
does not have time to be concerned with Armenian problems.
From: A. Papazian