Chairman of the NA standing committee on foreign relations Artak Zakaryan about Russian Prime Minister’s and deputy Prime Minister’s statements
– Russian deputy Prime Minister Dimitry Rogozni has announced that Russia according to the agreements will continue to sell weapons both to Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Prime Minister of Russia also talked about it. It was remarkable that according to Rogozni Azerbaijan is also the strategic partner of Russia. This move in this situation doesn’t mean simply to cater aggressor Azerbaijan’s actions?
– Indeed it was a strange announcement. Under the circumstances it was expected that Russia will condemn Azerbaijan’s aggression and offensive military actions against Nagorno Kharabakh. South Caucasus again turns into powder keg which can explode in every second. If Azerbaijan finally doesn’t stop its military actions and doesn’t renounce its intentions to solve the problem by military means and doesn’t accept the Karabakh’s need for the realization of self-determination, it will appear that Russia is arming its strategic partners against each other and as a result a human blood is shedding. It is strange for me that in the present case of Turk-Azerbaijani tandem, Russia continues to please Azerbajan, considering the latter as a strategic partner Russia tries to tear it from Turkey and make it controllable. Unfortunately, the Turks are always ready to stab in the back, which became evident in the Syrian war.
– Don’t you think that last days tough diplomatic language of the official Yerevan should also be accompanied by the actions. For example: should the capabilities of Armenian’s membership to CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) and EAEU (Eurasian Economic Union) be reviewed?
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– EAEU is just an economic structure, and CSTO is a military and political system. Both organizations, of course, are not perfect yet, but it is not the issue that we should think about now.
– From now on to will we witness not pro-Russian positions of the Armenian delegations in the international structures? Or will the corruption schemes be disclosed in the Russian companies in Armenia?
– But why do you think that our delegations are pro-Russian and the opposite? There have always been issues on which we have collaborated with Russian colleagues and there have always been issues where our approaches differ. The Armenian delegations are always sensitive towards vital interests, such as issues related to conflicts and security.
Nelly GRIGORYAN
