Trump may have asked Pence to make the call to Sargsyan due to his familiarity with Armenian issues during his 10-year tenure in the House of Representatives.
“Expressed by the PM’s style: do I believe in Aliyev’s changing? I don’t. Will there be revolution in Azerbaijan? I don’t know. Would world countries want that? Maybe. However, there are other interests there, and by realizing that those interests are more important at the moment, than NK issue settlement, we should understand our role. Do we have oil interests there? No.”
Touching upon the deadlock in NK conflict settlement process, Russian military expert said, “Definitely, NK conflict should be, first and foremost, settled through political means, thus, all the sides, including Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, other sides interested in the settlement, should manage political dialogue. It’s another issue that it may last for 10-15-20-50 years. It’s somehow natural, but more preferable, than war.”
“Why is Aliyev making noise? It’s very clear. He makes noise, as in negotiations he isn’t in a favorable condition, he entered into a deadlock due to the very Azerbaijan, and the international public urges him to recognize Artsakh’s independence,” Eduard Sharmazanov said.
American-Armenian rock musician, founder and soloist of “System of a Down” group Serj Tankian said via Skype that the Diaspora-Armenians are quite separated from Armenia’s economic, political life. “The Diaspora-Armenians do have sufficient understanding on the events in Armenia,” Tankian said.
News was being circulated on issues of this big company yet from the previous year. Then it turned out that the news not only corresponds to the reality, but everything is even more serious—the company goes to bankruptcy.
“Essence of the third scenario is Assad’s escape, after which the crisis will more intensify, as no matter whom he’ll intend to pass the power, he won’t have that authority to be acceptable for all the sides, which will again lead to a civil war. In fact, the situation gives a reason for rather pessimistic anticipations: Syria is divided into different territories, it’s not clear how Kurdish issue will be settled,” Malashenko said.
“This short period of Karen Karapetyan’s tenure showed that he, indeed, is a man of action. Today the Prime Minister has given new breath and freshness to the Government’s work, showing that the only way to solve problems is the modern flexible and effective administration.”
“The authorities pursue their policy themselves. Can pressures totally lack? As much as we are oppressed, the more we have the right to protect our interest, i.e. go against. If we go back to the April war: who provided armaments to Azerbaijan? How Azerbaijan entitled itself to attack on Armenia? Was that the initiative by Azerbaijan alone?”
The data issued by the RA National Statistical Service (NSS) yesterday make this upsetting snapshot even more complete. Thus, NSS issued GDP data for the third quarter of 2016 (from 2011 GDP calculations are being introduced once in a quarter). In the third quarter of ongoing year Armenia’s GDP comprised AMD 1 trillion 518.3 billion.
