ARMENIAN PAPER WONDERS IF MEETING AT US EMBASSY AIMED AT “EXPORTING REVOLUTION”
Hayots Ashkar, Armenia
Sept 28 2005
Headlined “Has a secret service started its work? How is the US
activity explained?”
Judging by certain information and, in particular, given a secret
meeting in the US embassy between Armenia’s opposition leaders and US
secret service representatives, this country’s interest in Armenia’s
domestic political life has grown. This, however, should not surprise
anybody given US experience of exporting revolutions to the post-Soviet
area (Georgia, Ukraine, Kyrgystan).
The USA first applied technology of the colour revolution in the
post-Soviet area in Georgia in 2003. They say that radical meddling
of the USA in Georgian affairs was conditioned by the fact that
irrespective of [former Georgian President Eduard] Shevardnadze’s
evident anti-Russian policy, Georgia has started actively restoring
its economic relations with Russia. Objective necessity made Georgia
take these steps and Shevardnadze’s regime could not hinder this.
The statement of the US Department of State on 21 November [2003]
that it did not recognize the results of the parliamentary election,
became a critical moment in the Georgian revolution. After that, even
Shevardnadze’s supporters joined the camp of “revolutionaries”. But
this was only visible part of an iceberg. In reality, long before
that the Americans started financing the opposition via the Open
Society-Georgia Foundation which is the Georgian branch of Soros
Foundation. [Passage omitted: methods used by “revolutionaries”]
After the successful implementation of the “revolution of roses”
in Georgia, the USA’s Wall Street Journal said in its editorial
on 11 February 2004: “Ukraine has got a good opportunity to repeat
the Georgian success of democracy but under condition that the West
and the Ukrainian opposition play their card correctly.” It said:
“Washington has spent more than 2bn dollars to support free and
independent Ukraine.”
[Passage omitted: background of revolution in Ukraine]
How can one explain today’s activity of the US embassy in Armenia?
Certainly, diplomatic duties include meetings with influential
opposition forces of a country. But it is absolutely unclear, what
is the purpose of the US secret service representatives’ meeting with
the opposition leaders in the US embassy? It would be very interesting
to get an answer to this question directly from the embassy.
