2010 will be a political vacuum year for Armenia: Andranik Tevanyan

news.am, Armenia
Jan 3 2010

18:18 / 01/03/2010 The expiring year was marked by two negative
developments ` two-digit economic slump and Armenia-Turkey Protocols’
signing, director of Polit-Economy research centre Andranik Tevanyan
told NEWS.am correspondent.

At that, it took him a while to recollect positive developments of the
departing year. Nonetheless, Tevanyan stated that the only and major
positive breakthrough in 2009 was annihilation of `kinship’ ideology
by RA President Serzh Sargsyan.

Forecasting the coming year developments, he maintained that if
Armenian authorities split the differences in Karabakh issue, the
power change in the republic is inevitable. `But if Armenian side has
the courage of convictions in the matter, political processes will
shift to 2012 ` parliamentary elections’ year. In terms of economic
climate no changes are expected, having the global crisis going on in
2010,’ the political analyst emphasized.

The situation with Armenia-Turkey relations will also remain
unchanged, Tevanyan reckons. According to him, next year the Protocols
will not be ratified, and the border will not open. `Despite the
current international pressure, the situation here will remain
unchanged,’ the expert underlined adding that 2010 will be a year of
vacuum for Armenia.

S.T.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS