Has Armenia ever officially announced about its desire of joining the Eurasian Union together with Karabakh by the UN recognized borders? As far as I know, no. Another thing that our government representatives and supporters were hinting at allegedly the Karabakh issue will be decided by the Customs Union or the Eurasian Union. This is either a deliberate disinformation, or a delusion. Artsakh issue can only be resolved in the result of negotiations with Azerbaijan. Relying on any Union is naive here.
I would say to overly enthusiastic advocates of the EU that this problem would also incur in case of signing the Association Agreement, Ilham Aliyev would write a letter, let’s say, to Catherine Ashton, saying that, you know, Armenia is associated with the UN-recognized borders. Ms. Ashton would probably not read the letter at the meeting, but she would give effect by various instances of the Brussels bureaucracy. Another thing that, still, Armenia, in my opinion, should go for initialing, and then have signed the EU Association Agreement. But it has nothing to do with Karabakh.
Why did Nursultan Nazarbayev publicly read Aliyev’s letter? Eventually, they could discuss this issue behind closed doors. It also has its explanation. It is obvious to me that the addressee of the letter was not the President of Armenia, but Putin. Nazarbayev was “making him to listen” to Aliyev’s concerns, first to tear off something from Russia’s president, and then, to please its ally Azerbaijan.
Was Serzh Sargsyan confused? Was he surprised at Nazarbayev’s “reading”? To be honest, I had not noticed it from the footages on TV. But let’s assume he was in a panic. Is it essential or the fact that we are going to enter into a union, in which two (three along with Kyrgyzstan) states are Azerbaijan’s allies, and one of them, Russia, is supplying arms to both us and Azerbaijan, probably, for ensuring peace in the region? Is it essential or the fact of who was listening to the reading of Aliyev’s letter with what expression of face?
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