WHY TO LOOK UNDER AN OX
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HAYK ARAMYAN
11:15:14 – 04/09/2009

What God does, does well, says the Good Soldier ?vejk. The Armenian
foreign minister during his news conference on September 2 stated that
one does not need to look for `a calf under an ox’. He meant that one
does not have to look for dangers in the Armenian and Turkish
protocols.

Usually, the press conferences of foreign ministers are the second
after presidents’ ones from the point of their importance. In almost
every country, it is this way, sure, if the prime minister of that
country is not for example Putin.

Moreover, the press conferences of foreign minister are important if
they are connected with important external events for that country and
may have a long lasting significance for both the home and external
life of the country.

But unfortunately, after the press conference of the Armenian foreign
ministry which took place on September 2 the society will only
remember this saying that one should not look for a calf under an
ox. Sure. Why to look under the ox if the calf is over it and is not
even covered for you to get confused and take it for something else.

If the foreign minister was able to tell the Turks not to take us for
a calf this would be wonderful, we would know, and we would be sure
that we are neither under the ox nor over it. We come out to expect
from the foreign minister concrete answers to concrete criticism for
example the reason why they will discuss issues on historical level or
the reason why it is important to stress the mutual recognition and
inviolability of borders in case Armenia and Turkey are UN members and
have already adopted UN relevant convention. Or do they try to find
out from the Turkish government about their previous statements that
the border would not be open without Nagorno-Karabakh issue
settlement? Why are the Armenian-Turkish documents always released at
night? Or why do the Armenian president accuse Turkey of
non-constructiveness several hours before the release of the
documents?

Or maybe Edward Nalbandyan meant the senselessness of seeking for
these answers when he recalled the popular saying `one does not need
to look for a calf under an ox’.

In general, this press conference maybe regarded as the wreath of
Edward Nalbandyan’s tenure of 1 year and a half. In this period the
minister has led such an active and initiating policy that appeared at
the press conference in an exhausted state and made a couple of
strange statements, in particular about the Lachin corridor and the
crisis. Then he left for Karabakh through the same Lachin corridor to
hand the crisis to the Karabakh government.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress