“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.
“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 for the foreign new vector of relations.”
“At the moment Putin is busy formulating a trilateral format with Iran and Azerbaijan, attempting to settle its relations with Turkey as well. Naturally, due to these projects Azerbaijan’s importance raises for Russia. Armenia appeared in the focus of not so favorable regional developments, in particular, when programs to settle the conflict are being set forward, which instigate discontent of the society,” Uwe Halbach said.
“He has been busy with this for already 100 years with the authorities, he is good at it, as he interests and satisfies a wide layer of Russian society, however, it has nothing to do with the official policy by the Kremlin, as Zhirinovsky simply solves other issue for himself and that layer of the society,” Dubnov said.
In particular, Artsvik Minasyan, RA Minister of Economy, told reporters on July 15 that besides official data, Ministry of Economy also implements internal monitoring and introduced some data from the results of that monitoring. Ministry of Economy on the basis of the semester recorded 10% growth for industry, however, 8.9% growth was observed. 20% growth was anticipated for mining, however, it reduced to 18.8%.
