“After being unsanctioned, Iran is vitally interested to diversify its communications leading to north and west. Moreover, Tehran strives to develop those communications in all directions separately, to exclude the possibility of any political dependency. For that purpose Iran doesn’t say “no” to anyone, and takes all the cooperation directions, without conditioning one with the other, manifesting proper “strategic patience” and also balancing one with the other. Moreover, this approach is strictly exemplary for Armenia as well.”
However, I think, by deepening of crisis in Europe importance of the region for Russia will decrease little by little. But I believe that NK conflict has its logic of development and, moreover, maybe Russia-Turkey crisis initiated the April war in Karabakh, and this new stage will be positively reflected on conflict settlement negotiations,” Lukyanov said.
“It seems to me here the mentality and psychology of our authorities should be changed. The April war, selling of Russian armaments to Azerbaijan, all these show that by unconditionally coaxing Russia does no benefit to Armenia, and Russia should be treated as a partner. Thus, the claim should be introduced to Russia, if Armenia considers itself an independent country, then it should think of its own interests.”
Among the variants the story, that the first automobile was brought from France by a few rich cotton planters from Etchmiadzin, is noteworthy enough. The purpose was to drive it on Yerevan-Etchmiadzin road. Only after they got there, it turned out that bridges are weak and don’t bear car weight. Change and fortifying of the bridges lasted for about a year. Only after it they started to drive the automobile. However, it didn’t last long. Cotton planters calculated that it would be more beneficial if they take out the motor of the car to use it for cotton filtering. And the freight could have been transported by the way they used to—through carriages…
“This snapshot means that possibility of war outbreak in Karabakh is rather high, on account of Azerbaijan’s increasing role in the region, which will make it confident in NK conflict settlement process. The developments in Yerevan don’t give hope either that steps will be initiated towards soothing of the heated stage. I think, the situation is very fragile yet, in which exceptional attention should be provided by the West with its OSCE, as regional developments escalate the situation on NK conflict zone,” Alexander Rahr said.
“We have no right to gain time or taking some artificial steps of hurrying or doing something, changing positions of people, by that to simulating, that some changes are being implemented. We all saw who should be punished, not only the people, who took weapons and initiated some activities, but the guilty should be punished. We’ll be ready to confront all international challenges after internal social consolidation is recorded.”
What decolonization may be touched upon? I think, it’s a myth, which has no connection with the reality, however, it’s beneficial for these or those political powers. Sorry for my sincerity, but people in Baku speak Russian much better, than in Armenia. What decolonization may be touched upon—cultural, economic? Armenian people have both positive and negative peculiarities, which prevent their development, in particular, in any place, in anything seeking for problems, but not in their own person.
“I believe that Moscow has always thought that Armenia would stay in the Russian call, no matter what historically the Armenians feel surrounded by Turks and they have no choice, but the recent changes in the international environment have been that some in Armenia are prepared to look to the West, to look the foreign new vector of relations.”
Hovik Abrahamyan made a rather noteworthy statement, which was an indirect confession, that growth indices, at large, mean nothing. “Unfortunately, growth of the last year and a half wasn’t accompanied with rise in well-being. We should do our best to make economic growth inclusive, so that any member of the society felt changes in his/her living standards,” he said.
Probably, on August 10 answers to these questions Russia’s president Vladimir Putin will give to Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan within the latter’s working visit to Moscow. He will give, prior to being informed on the positions of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Iran, and most importantly, of the president of Turkey in all regional issues, including those of Armenia.
