Judging from the visit of Katherine Ashton to Iran we may point out a few important developments. The first one shows that the improvement of relations between the west and Iran started in Geneva. The success started when the EU goes to Iran to meet Iranians instead of meeting them in Switzerland. Ashton stated during her visit that there is progress in relations but it would be much more difficult to come to a final agreement with Iran.
Following the demonstration of the Armenian National Congress on March 1 and processes in Ukraine, in Armenia people did not pay due attention to US Ambassador John Heffern’s announcement in an interview with Armenpress, which contains several important messages.
It is true not only about the Armenian government that still continues to put the blame for their failures on the financial crisis. Even companies and individuals refer to the crisis when they want to refuse people in doing something they do not want. For example, people would be late in returning their debt, and explain it with the crisis that made it difficult for them to pay off.
“Public discussion on Ukraine is all about confrontation. But do we know where we are going? In my life, I have seen four wars begun with great enthusiasm and public support, all of which we did not know how to end and from three of which we withdrew unilaterally. The test of policy is how it ends, not how it begins.
The government would claim the opposite and they’d assure that the complementary politics continues and that Armenia was wise in that regard. But the recent processes in the international arena come to prove the opposite. One of the best indexes was the recent session of the European People’s Party in Dublin, where the Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan made a speech. And in his speech he emphasized that even though Armenia is moving towards the CU it also wises to move in the direction of the EU.
I actually believe that Putin is totally predictable. The draconian methods that he uses to try and achieve his goals are well known. He is stuck in a cold war mentality. He doesn’t seem to understand that his methods are building up great hatred and dislike towards him both outside and inside Russia.
The humid and cold air in Alvard’s place forces anyone to get out as it creates discomfort for anyone who sets foot in her apartment. It is cold and dark in her place, and the elderly are so sad that even the active sounds of children do not bring them to life as they ponder. Each child in their home is a piece of brightness with smiling faces, kind and open to humans, and even their hugs and kisses cannot make Madam Alvard forget her sadness for a while.
This is how the deputy-director of Moscow’s state university IT department Alexander Karavaev interpreted the actions of Russia. In the words of Karavaev, the opinions about the steps of Russia vary in the country. A part of the people thinks that there was no sense to interfere. Another part thinks that Russia should have stationed its troops in the eastern parts of Ukraine as well not only Crimea because it is a matter of self-defense.
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On December 1, 2013, the exchange rate for one US dollar (USD) was AMD 403.9. On March 5 the exchange rate established by the Central Bank of Armenia was AMD 414.4, and the average price per dollar in NADAQ OEMEX exchange of Armenia was AMD 414.54. Currency exchange offices in Yerevan buy dollar at AMD 413.5-414, and sell at 418.
