“Even if we didn’t like it in Moscow, if we said, “Don’t pay attention to us,” it would be just impossible to avoid that. Why? Because it would be strange, if a state, with which we share common history, culture, geography… all this couldn’t but have an impact, but it is by no means that Moscow wants it; it is just how it is. I assure you that an election is held in another country too – I don’t mean Australia – the subject of Moscow is also discussed. Don’t
think whether it is good or bad, it is the objective reality, and it is not because a certain person wants it that way, it is just cannot be otherwise. Don’t pay too much attention to that, having good relations with Russia will not do anyone any harm,” Andrei Klimov, the coordinator of the United Russia Party external relations, said in response to our question whether there were any agreements regarding the upcoming presidential election, since there was a lot of speculation that the internal political issues of Armenia were checked with Moscow.
He didn’t clarify whether there were agreements and whether the news that the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) leader had visited Moscow to check his actions regarding endorsing or not endorsing Serzh Sargsyan with certain circles in Russia corresponded to the reality.
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“I think elections are an internal political affair of any country,” Mr. Klimov said, responding to our next question whether the presidential election to take place in February would be in line with democratic standards, taking into account the parliamentary election that had taken place in May: “The results presented to us show that they are in line with those standards. I cannot say what will happen in February, when it takes place, we will give our assessment.”
Arpine SIMONYAN
