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    168 ZHAM: DEVELOPMENTS IN ASTANA SUMMIT MORE DANGEROUS THAN THOUGHT

    09:00 * 03.06.14

    Below is the paper's editorial addressing Kazakh President Norsultan
    Nazarbaev's speech at the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council's summit
    in Astana.

    What happened in Astana last week is, as a matter of fact, more
    dangerous, more anti-Armenian and more impermissible than any
    document concerning the Armenia-Turkey relations. But the silence
    by the native oppositionists and non-governing circles appear to be
    stronger than that of [President] Serzh Sargsyan who was sitting in
    front of Nazarbaev and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin. And if the
    silence is broken at times, it is limited only to Serzh Sargsyan's
    statement on the address' being "unpleasant but not dangerous".

    And opposition forces observe silence on Astana, giving not only
    usual tacit replies but also making themselves visible and audible
    in a unique way. For example, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the Armenian
    National Congress leader, convened a session the next day to consider
    the ANC's position on the definition of political prisoners. Zory
    Balayan's letter to Putin is just naivety compared to Ter-Petrosyan's
    message, which is not written on paper. And to deliver the address in
    a more beautiful way and with less noise, the ANC simply convened a
    session to consider the issue of political prisoners in light of an
    equivalent threat.

    And by the way, it bears a special message. The only political prisoner
    today is Shant Harityunyan who dared to tell Putin that he would
    not let him degrade his country's reputation. The ANC, naturally,
    declares him ... a criminal offender. Because if it does not, it will
    thus express its agreement to the articles that led to his detention by
    the authorities. But the ANC is not alone in it silence; it has been
    joined by Prosperous [Armenia]. So do the Dashnaks and Ruben Hakobyan
    [the opposition Heritage parliamentary faction's leader], because
    [Heritage leader] Raffi Hovhannisian has been silent for quite a long
    time. And no one calls for denouncing Astana. Nobody burns Kazakhstan's
    flag. Nor are there calls for assaults against [FM] Edward Nalbandian.

    In short, there is silence by all, the entire political system of
    Armenia. This silence is unpleasant, of course, but never dangerous.

    Not for Russia at least.

    Armenian News - Tert.am

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