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Appointment of Rudolf Perina may be qualified as USA’s intention to
strengthen its positions in Armenia as counterbalance to Russia

Rudolf Perina took part in formation of the Dayton
Agreement in 1995, which gave bases for the
constitutional structure in Bosnia and Herzegovina
existing up to present.

28.06.2007 GMT+04:00

The appointment of the new temporary chargé d’affaires for the USA in
Armenia Rudolf Perina gives reason to see some things over. First of
all there is an idea that the question of appointment of the
Ambassador will take longer to be solved, and Perina, as a rather
skillful diplomat, is needed in Armenia, moreover taking into account
his large experience in conflict resolution processes.

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ According to the former Russian Ambassador Vladimir
Kazimirov, he is not only a highly qualified professional but also an
advocate of creative approach to the most complicated problems of
Karabakh. `As far as I remember he has been one of the initiators of
one of the most essential turning points of the resolution of this
conflict. As it was mentioned the present OSCE Co-Chairs are also
involved in the process and also come up with ideas of their own,’
Kazimirov mentioned.

It must be reminded that in 2002 the American diplomat, who is by the
way specialist of conflicts, announced on the radio station Echo
Moskvi; `The international community, I repeat, is not ready to
recognize neither South Ossetia, nor Abkhazia or Transnistria as
independent countries. The case with Nagorno-Karabakh is a little
different, and negotiations are held between Armenia and Azerbaijan
regarding the status of the mentioned region. The negotiations haven’t
given any specific outcomes yet; the international community supports
the idea of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and doesn’t recognize
Nagorno-Karabakh. We, the mediators try to help the two countries to
find a solution.’ In fact not having any other propositions, `the
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan’ is accepted. But as soon as the
mediators, together with the President of Armenia and the President of
Azerbaijan come to a common agreement, taking into account the will of
the nations, the notorious principle may be forgotten.

Appointment of Rudolf Perina may be qualified as USA’s intention to
strengthen its positions in Armenia as counterbalance to Russia. Most
likely the new chargé d’affaires will have his indirect role in the
works carried out by OSCE Minsk Group regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh
Conflict resolution. This assumption may be grounded by the fact that
Perina is perfectly familiar with conflict resolution processes and
with Karabakh Conflict particularly. Moreover, Rudolf Perina took part
in formation of the Dayton Agreement signed in 1995, which gave bases
for the constitutional structure in Bosnia and Herzegovina existing up
to present. The established system is considered to be ineffective,
but by the reestablishment of the mutual confidence between the three
nations; the Bosnians, the Serbs and the Croats, it will make things
more complicated in case of cancellation. Lately the western countries
have been calling on reconsidering the Dayton systems and the adoption
of the traditional Constitution. This plan in particular would improve
the relationship between European Union and Bosnia and
Herzegovina. However, no particular agreement is reached regarding the
issue.

We should not ignore the possibility of a new US war in the region
with Iran, but in this case Armenia will have to face the outcomes of
the war as well and in this case diplomats capable of making quick
decisions are needed. By the way Richard Hoagland is not the worst
variant for a small country like Armenia. Most likely he will arrive
in autumn. His viewpoint regarding the Armenian Genocide is the same
with the one that the Administration and the US State Department has,
though the fact that the US Ambassador to Israel recognizes Holocaust
doesn’t count in this case, as the Holocaust is officially recognized
by the US Government. The recognition of the Armenian Genocide is far
from the same destiny at present, and we don’t think that the new
temporary chargé d’affaires will dare to publicly speak about the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide, for a diplomat has no right to
express his personal viewpoint regarding such issues.

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