The statement made by Mr. Serj Sargsyan on September 3rd about the desire to enter the Custom Union was logical and expected especially in the context of Putin-Aliev meeting results in August. As it was impossible to expect the tuning of the armenian-turkish relations in the circles of ‘football diplomacy’ in case when the armenian-turkish border control is implemented by the russian border guards, the same way it is difficult to imagine a real european integration for Armenia in case of preserving the current qualities of the acting authorities. On one hand there is incongruity of world outlook between the ruling armenian elite and european values, which in the mid-term perspective would seriously block for practical convergence, on the other hand the personal dependency of a very narrow circle of political decision makers in Armenia, from the Russian president and from the favorable attitude of certain ‘governing circles’ is comprehensible. In the current situation the disappointment of some armenian officials and diplomats must be great, who did not spare efforts for many years for the signing of the association agreement with the European Union and have sincerely believed this direction is the only possible alternative for Armenia. I think this political upside-down will at least lead to a significant change of senior staff in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the event of what has happened, it would be quite logical if in the coming months the foreign minister Mr. Eduard Nalbandyan leave his office and take over the duties of RA Ambassador in the Russian Federation. We all must understand, as long as we do not change ourselves inwardly and we still be guided by double standards, then whatever inter-state members we become, we will remain the same thief and the feckless at political and lifestyle level.
Posted on: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 10:07:09 +0000
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