The official language of Armenia is Armenian. In Japan – Japanese, in France – French. If an international conference is held in these countries, the working language of which, let’s say, is English, no one will compel local attendees to speak and understand English. For Armenia and CSTO, it turns out to be possible. And it is not the way to pretend that in this case Russia also makes us to do something. Generally, this country should not be conditional on all our shortcomings.
Russia, of course, is not the most developed and the most democratic country in the world. From time to time, the leadership of the country falls into imperialistic delusion. Now, it is the very stage, which, however, will not last long, because, today, our friendly country does not have any resources for the execution of those illusions (including the “Customs” and “Eurasian”).
And, what does it mean to “find an excuse” in the face of Russia to justify our defects? How can Russia hamper (or any other country) if we want to hold free elections?
Will the embassy staff distribute bribes, or intrude on polling stations with election ballots with bundles of ballot papers? Or, do Russians force our officials to take “rollbacks” and get into the businesses?
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Let’s do what we should do, and foreigners will only respect us for it. The Russian Empire included different countries that are respected members by the international community. For example, in 1809-1917, Finland was under Russian rule, it was receiving the so -called “security guarantees” against Sweden. But Finns were able to create a normal state, Swede did not eat them, and the relations with Russia and the Soviet Union were and are good-neighborly (except for a short episode).
So, everything is in our hands. Yes, do not be surprised. No matter what happens on the street, in the city or country, no one bothers me to establish an atmosphere of love, respect, and tolerance in my family, to the point, to speak the language I want. If we view our small country as a family, we will see that we have a great potential to resist external pressures.
You just have to find what unites us. We can not be combined by any ideology or political beliefs, they must necessarily be different. Religion can not combine. Even those who are baptized, do not perceive the teaching of the apostles whole-heartedly, they are just performing rites. Not to speak about that there are Armenians of other faiths or no faith living in Armenia.
My understanding is that the Armenian language is the one to unite us and maintain our national identity. The language, as it is known, is the reflection of reality perception. Therefore, every Armenian should resist any attempt of estrangement, and demand to respect our country’s Constitution. According to which, our official language is Armenian.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
