ARMENIA’S DEFENSE MINISTER FAILS TO ACCOMPLISH INTELLIGENCE MISSION TO RUSSIA
Today, Azerbaijan
Jan 15 2010
What is happening in the minds and the hearts of Armenian officials
is known only to God.
It is not excluded that it is already X hour for President Serzh
Sargsyan and his government when not only the solution of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the possible reopening of the border with
Turkey, but also the fate of Armenia and the term that the current
government has left in power, depends on further steps to be taken
by Ankara, Moscow and Baku.
The events in some way related to Yerevan over the past few days are
developing with incredible speed. As is known, Turkish PM Erdogan
discussed great deal of issues with his Russian counterpart Vladimir
Putin in Moscow. Following his Russia trip, Russia’n FM Lavrov arrived
in Yerevan. Most likely, he visited Armenia to appease the government
that partners with it in the CSTO. No more.
In the meantime, Armenia’s Constitutional Court endorsed the
Armenian-Turkish protocols.
The fate of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the Armenian-Turkish border
is actually solved without Yerevan. Very few people in the region are
interested in Yerevan’s opinion (when they actually did, Armenia was
engaged in nonsense). Smart people outside the Armenian government
predicted this development a few months ago.
Apparently, the government officials of the neighboring country began
to slowly become aware of this fact. They could not help panicking,
of course. The reason is clear: something happens, there is movement,
it concerns you directly, but you are not told about it yet.
As a result, Sargsyan and Co. could think nothing better than to send
Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan as some sort of intelligence gatherer
to Moscow. Certainly, the latter was strictly ordered to find out
everything on the latest developments in the region as detailed as
possible and not to come back without news.
How hard Ohanyan tried, he probably returned with no significant news.
Though before his visit Ohanyan confidently told media that he would
meet not only with his counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov, but also a
number of senior official, we saw nothing like that.
He arrived in Moscow on Tuesday and met with Russian defense minister
on Wednesday. They just discussed training of Armenian military
personnel in Russian Defense Ministry universities and prospects for
the development of military and military-technical cooperation. In any
case, this is what Russian Defense Ministry’s press office reported.
It makes no sense to think that they have decided to conceal the true
subjects of negotiations. The Russian government has no naïve people.
So, whatever Seyran ask, no one will reveal secrets of future strategic
developments in the region to him and his boss.
Nothing depends on them at the moment. The less our neighbors will
know, the better – there will be less panic, blackmail, public
debates and other related general development in the region from
Yerevan which might influence the process one way or another.
Sitting in the plane on his way back, Ohanyan certainly frantically
pondered over what he will tell Sargsyan. After all, he failed to
accomplish the mission and he and his boss will sit in the dark as
long as Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan will not be willing to disclose
the essence of collaborative decision making.
Yereven should blame itself for such scenario of events. It needs
not to go beyond limits of blackmail and bluff. In the end, the it
should also not go beyond limit of promises, which, in fact, are
meaningless …
Hamid Hamidov Day.Az writer
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
