Recognition of Artsakh is vital for the survival of the Republic of Armenia. Any threat toward Artsakh targets Armenia in the long term. No doubt, the political recognition process is time-consuming.
“Armenia and the EU have negotiated a more serious and large document and accomplished it, the forthcoming agreement won’t include any new responsibility. Basically the sides presently optimize former agreement to present-day realities.”
State debt in our country has exceeded 50% of GDP. There are states, that if external debt exceeds 100%, default won’t be recorded, e.g. the USA, state debt of which is a few times more than the budget. This isn’t a normal phenomenon.
“Throughout the last 10 years, when the USA started to lose global leadership, we see that conflict tension is recorded in the world, i.e. in all the places, where the Americans succeed, they crease tension zones, in particular, in world economic zones, where they don’t have enough control.”
Change of the Armenian Government, sub-changes still continue and the Parliamentary elections to be held in 5 month have been moved to the backstage, or such an impression is made.
“Armenia’s economic indices are obvious, and the PM himself stated on it, saying that our economy is in a hard condition. And regarding its becoming a Eurasian integration center, sincerely, I don’t imagine what it means. That formulation isn’t clear. How can Armenia become an integration center?”
“This is a very good country, and there is future here. We should change the mentality. Economic condition is rather bad, I see people in our village, who need help. There are many people in Armenia, who really need help, however, this doesn’t mean that we should say to one another that this isn’t a place to live, the authorities are not good ones, it’s not so. We should be able to appear in unity. We should change our ideology in Armenia and Diaspora.”
2.5 months prior to the deadline it became clear that the third bank, quitting Armenian banking system is Areximbank-Gazprombank Group CJSC. Initially Russian press informed that Gazprombank has sold Armenian Areximbank.
“Comprising a part of that economic space, basically, Armenia is a part of Russian political, military and economic space, and as international sanctions are being imposed, which already means that investments in Armenia are also risky.”
“We are touching upon the equal field, however, we had other precedent, when prior to the crisis Governments of both Hovik Abrahamyan and Tigran Sargsyan supported business. It’s already not about the equal field, but the Government mediated, and the practice of large loans, allocation of tax privileges extended for a rather long period.”
