On September 3, Serzh Sargsyan is planning to have a meeting with RF President Vladimir Putin. As announced by the president’s press office, cooperation in the systems of political, commercial and economical, energy and humanitarian will be discussed at the meeting, also other issues regarding integration processes in the CIS and provision of security and stability in South Caucasus will be discussed. With regard to this meeting, in the conversation with Aravot.am, the Chairman of the ANC Foreign Relations Committee Vladimir Karapetyan expressed his concern,-“It’s quite a long time that the Armenia’s authorities have referred to the Russian side for the organization of the visit and the visit did not turn out. It is known that the answer of the Russian side was expressed by Putin’s visit to Azerbaijan. All of these pursued the goal to show the discontent to Armenia with regard to recent moves.
The matter is about the document to be signed with the EU. Serzh Sargsyan could not manage such a policy that was managed by RA presidents, ministries of foreign affairs for the period of 20 years, the policy of complementarity and balancing. And if we expand our relations with the EU, and the European institutions, at the same time, we were expanding the strategic partnership with RF to the same extent. Unfortunately, I have to mention that today the issue of orientation is raised, and I have a great fear that Serzh Sargsyan’s consent to deviate Armenia from the European path is at the bottom of the visit and the Russian consent. I have these fears. And even if Association Agreement is initialed, which is also under threat today, there are no guarantees of signing at this moment. I’m not sure that there will be public announcements, but the fact that there are dangers of European integration, I predict it, there is information about it.” Vladimir Karapetyan also said that everything should be done not to allow Armenia deviate from the path of complementary and balanced policy.
Hripsime JEBEJYAN
