“It is obvious that what happened on February 24 has led to the fact that the old world order no longer exists, and the new one does not exist yet,” Ruben Mehrabyan, Deputy Chair of the For the Republic party, said during a roundtable discussion on May 6 titled, ” Armenia at the crossroads: Challenges and Opportunities for Sovereignty and Identity.”
He thinks that today we are in a transit period, just like any other small country, Armenia is endangered. “Armenian-Russian relations no longer exist in the same way that they existed before February 24 because their existence in that way is simply impossible. Because of the legal framework that exists between Armenia and Russia, if we start implementing their points, the result of 90% of its implementation will be the application of the same sanctions against Armenia as in the case of Belarus from the very next day. Therefore, we understand that this review is not a one-step process, it is not a one-day process, it is a multi-stage, risky process, those risks must be managed. And taking into account that tomorrow’s world order is born in the heat of the Ukrainian war, yes, Armenia must be positioned during this period as part of the solution of the problem, and not part of the problem, this is very important.
Therefore, we have expectations here that our problems will be solved.” Ruben Mehrabyan considers that the emphasis on Armenia’s European perspective should be of fundamental importance. “The South Caucasus is southeastern Europe. The South Caucasus, including the Republic of Armenia, is part of the Euro-Atlantic area. And in order to form a vision for tomorrow, these records have to be crucial. After all, it is a different fact that Armenia, together with Georgia, is a member of the Global Democracy Forum, and in our region we are simply surrounded by two islands with non-participants. But at the same time it is a fact that Armenia has hostile relations with its two neighbors, it does not have hostile relations with its other two neighbors, but we do not have a strategic level in relations with either Iran or Georgia. That’s a fact.”
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