ARMENIA WEAK LINK IN TRANSFORMATION OF CIS ELITE

YEREVAN, June 8. /ARKA/. Armenia is, first of all, a weak link in the
transformation of elite in the CIS, MiK reports, referring to Director
General of the Council for National Strategy Valery Khomyakov. He said
that a referendum on constitutional amendments and, may be, on the
adoption of a new constitution, is to be held in Armenia this summer.

“As far as we know, elections or voting in the CIS, as well as
subsequent protests against the results, are one of the main occasions
for public discontent and later for orange and other revolutions,”
Khomyakov said.”Although Aliyev is implementing a rather pro-American
policy, or rather, is not implementing an anti-American policy,
parliamentary elections are to be held in Azerbaijan this autumn,
which may be one of the detonators of the situation as well,”
Khomyakov said.

He believes that the two countries have an old problem (Karabakh),
which may cause some events in Azerbaijan and especially in Armenia –
events that may be similar to those in Tbilisi, Kiev and Bishkek. “It
is rather an acute problem both for the Azerbaijani elite and people
and for the Armenian elite and people. And any outbreak or events
related to Nagorno Karabakh may cause serious public discontent,”
Khomyakov said.P.T. -0–