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    MOSCOW'S ANSWER TO SEIRAN OHANYAN

    Haikazn Ghahriyan, Editor-in-Chief
    Comments - 02 March 2015, 12:06

    On February 28 the enemy undertook a reconnaissance-in-force. The front
    units of the Defense Army prevented the advancement of the enemy's
    special units and pushed them back to their starting positions. During
    the fight 2 Armenian servicemen were killed, the Defense Army informed.

    On the previous day the RA minister of defense Seiran Ohanyan held an
    interview with the Russian Regnum and extended hope that in case of
    military actions Russia will fulfill its obligations. In other words,
    will intervene to help the Armenian side, as is stipulated by the
    Armenian-Russian agreement.

    It is hard to tell why Seiran Ohanyan made this statement. Does he
    believe that the Russians will fulfill their obligations or does he
    want to leave the Russians "in debt"?

    One thing is obvious - if military actions start, Russia will not
    fulfill its obligations to Armenia. First, it is strategic agreements
    with Azerbaijan and Russia. Second, Russia will only intervene to
    fulfill those agreements, i.e. to shift the status quo. Russia has
    already broken the balance in the region in favor of Azerbaijan.

    When this was brought up a year ago, it received a backlash but
    this has been so obvious during the past year that nobody argues,
    even the pro-Russian ones. And because the official circles of Moscow
    have started speaking about it.

    Many have noticed that the border incidents in Armenia and Artsakh
    usually coincide with some regional developments. Besides, most
    people have realized that if Russia wants, Azerbaijan will not shoot
    at the borders.

    The Armenian army remains the only organization that protects the
    country's sovereignty and is capable of resolving the issues of defense
    and security. In this respect, the Armenian army has an exceptional
    role in the region because it is not a consumer of security but creator
    of security. This has a big value in international relations, and it
    still maintains Armenia in the prospect of international relations.

    Azerbaijan and its army are, on the contrary, a consumer of security
    and a source of instability. This circumstance underscores the
    importance and value of the Armenian army.

    The problem is to preserve this value. Of course, in a global situation
    no separate unit can fulfill security issues at full, and it requires
    broad foreign cooperation in the sphere of security. However, it
    should not be in a system which objectively becomes a threat to
    security for Armenia.

    By a curious repetition, the border incidents coincide with evocation
    of the Russian obligations. Apparently, the Russians are trying to
    let the Armenians know that there is no need to rely on them. In
    other words, Russia is being honest to the Armenians in this matter.

    On these days Andranik Ozanyan's 150th anniversary was marked. In
    the 1920s he was asked in Paris that he said the Russians would help
    us. I am sorry, I was mistaken, he said.

    http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/33708#sthash.wFIDa51d.dpuf


    From: Baghdasarian
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