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    HAS SERZH SARGSYAN FELT ANYTHING NEW?

    A few days after the telephone conversation between the presidents of
    the United States and Iran President Rowhani initiated consideration of
    direct flights between Iran and the United States to enable mobility.

    Iranian-American relations developed very quickly. Time will show
    how far they will go but it definitely took a long time to prepare,
    and the 15 minutes of the telephone conversation was just a published
    episode of those lasting efforts.

    Such developments are beneficial for Armenia and especially for the
    Armenian government which explained its decision to join the Customs
    Union by "security threat". The positive turn of relations between
    Iran and the United States, independent from dynamics, is an appeasing
    factor to security threats and challenges, therefore also the Russian
    press. In addition, it comes next to the decision of the United States
    to refrain from intervention in Syria for the time being. These open
    up space for Serzh Sargsyan to maneuver in his relations with Russia.

    Moreover, interestingly, the United States treated Armenia's decision
    of September 3 calmly. The ambassador of the United States even
    announced that there is nothing in the Customs Union that would hinder
    internal reforms in Armenia.

    It is possible that change of situation will echo in Serzh Sargsyan's
    address to the PACE session in Strasbourg. More exactly, the speech
    will indicate if Serzh Sargsyan has felt anything new since September
    3.

    The situation is favorable for Armenia as well because Armenia felt
    the tensions between the West and Iran the first, both in economic
    and political terms. The economic sanctions on Tehran affected the
    Armenian economy as well. At the same time, Armenia is not free to
    initiate strategic projects with Iran, facing obstacles on behalf of
    both Russia and the West. Certainly, each of them has their own reason
    but the fact is that balance or competition is eliminated for Armenia.

    The question is how Serzh Sargsyan will use the new opportunity,
    whether to address his personal matters at the level of statements and
    achieve balance between the West and Russia or use the opportunities
    for the interests of the Republic of Armenia.

    It is early for more substantial comments because the United States
    and Tehran just had a short talk. However, it is not early to get
    ready for future possible scenarios to gain not only personal but
    also national benefits from them. Although, considering September 3,
    it is hard to expect anything else from the Armenian government.

    Hakob Badalyan 11:19 01/10/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
    http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/30995

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