Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan says the date of the Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting is still unknown. “The date of the Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting is still unknown; you will be notified when the date is clarified”, Kocharyan told reporters.
“Preferential agreement on military-technical cooperation in CSTO system is the major point. This means Armenia may purchase (in CSTO member countries) armaments from plant-producers with preferential prices,” said Bordyuzha, adding that “there are many working manners” for modernization of Armenian Armed Forces.
A collective security deal on a united regional air defense system in the Caucasus, which should be discussed in the National Assembly these days, in fact, is much more dangerous, than simple concerns, that upon that agreement the right to make decisions in Armenia’s air defense system will be provided to Russia.
I hope that this is a temporary problem; sort of machismo and it will disappear very soon as we have the commitment to get to serious work in the nearest future. Hopefully, this is not a conscious behavior intended to abort Vienna arrangements.
Impressive growth was provided on account of “culture, entertainment and recreation” subfield, which has grown for about 50%. It’s mainly recorded on account of activation of casinos.
NATO is a productive tool to repress Russia, many in Georgia and Ukraine refer to this structure only from this perspective. On the other hand, according to Kapitonenko, NATO is the “monster” around which Russia builds its foreign policy in the post-Soviet area.
Collective Security Treaty Organization—CSTO, in fact, was established for that very purpose: to subordinate security systems of member countries by various formulations under Russia’s control.
I personally know Samvel Babayan, yet years ago I got acquainted with him, thus I can share with my personal impressions. In my opinion, Samvel Babayan in no way is a politician, even by 1 percent, he is an ordinary militarian, thus, he has no political perspectives.
For Armenia’s authorities, making statements on integration with Europe, in fact, current quality and regime of relations with Europe are ideal, when becoming a part of Europe is touched upon only on statement level, and at the same time, money is obtained from Europe to continue talking about it.
Was there any other variant to satisfy the society again within the framework of law? Yes. The only variant was in-depth survey i.e. going back by 10-15 years and implement detailed study of the dusty road of monopolies: how they generated, from where they acquired initial capital, who they bribed, who they terrified, with whom they came to a collusive agreement, where they cheated and etc. In short, checking all the suspicions “hanging in the air.”
