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Political scientist: Statement of US embassy in Armenia is blackmail
Thursday,July 31
Any independent state is competent to decide with whom to cooperate
and at what level, political scientist Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan told
journalists today when speaking about the warning that the U.S.
embassy in Armenia addressed to Armenia's businessmen and government.
"It is blackmail and is beyond the scope of the diplomatic mission,"
Melik-Shahnazaryan said, adding that the Armenian side should deliver
a note of protest. The political scientist reminded those present that
no country can give Armenia such assistance that Russia provides from
a security viewpoint.
It should be noted that the U.S. embassy in Armenia informed the
Armenian government and domestic business organizations about risks
related to cooperation with the Russian companies and natural persons
included in the Unites States' list of sanctions over the Ukrainian
crisis.
In response to an inquiry of Regnum news agency, the U.S. embassy said
that it urges all states and their residents to consider the risk
related to their good reputation that may arise during cooperation
with those Russian companies and natural persons and also to suspend
all transactions that contradict the sanctions imposed by the U.S. and
others. Like U.S. embassies in other states, the U.S. embassy in
Yerevan conveyed the information about the latest sanctions to
Armenian government representatives and companies, the embassy said in
a statement.
http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2014/07/31/hrant-melik-shahnazaryan/
Thursday,July 31
Any independent state is competent to decide with whom to cooperate
and at what level, political scientist Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan told
journalists today when speaking about the warning that the U.S.
embassy in Armenia addressed to Armenia's businessmen and government.
"It is blackmail and is beyond the scope of the diplomatic mission,"
Melik-Shahnazaryan said, adding that the Armenian side should deliver
a note of protest. The political scientist reminded those present that
no country can give Armenia such assistance that Russia provides from
a security viewpoint.
It should be noted that the U.S. embassy in Armenia informed the
Armenian government and domestic business organizations about risks
related to cooperation with the Russian companies and natural persons
included in the Unites States' list of sanctions over the Ukrainian
crisis.
In response to an inquiry of Regnum news agency, the U.S. embassy said
that it urges all states and their residents to consider the risk
related to their good reputation that may arise during cooperation
with those Russian companies and natural persons and also to suspend
all transactions that contradict the sanctions imposed by the U.S. and
others. Like U.S. embassies in other states, the U.S. embassy in
Yerevan conveyed the information about the latest sanctions to
Armenian government representatives and companies, the embassy said in
a statement.
http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2014/07/31/hrant-melik-shahnazaryan/