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    THE SHINE OF 30 SILVER PIECES

    http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments-lraho s15351.html
    11:46:45 - 30/09/2009

    After the normalization of the Armenian and Turkish relations and after
    the opening of the border the prices of imported and exported goods
    will decline by 30 percent, in other words, the Armenian economy will
    become more competitive and the costumer will have the chance to buy
    the same goods cheaper. This is an argument which the government and
    its propaganda machine have been circulating on these days to show to
    the public how good the border opening is and how it will be useful
    and expedient for us.

    First, it is very difficult to assess in particular on what study is
    based this number - 30 percent. Who and when counted. Do we know what
    prices Turkey is going to define for transiting Armenian goods? In
    general, what rules are there going to be? But let us assume that it is
    quite an accurate calculation and it will correspond to the reality. Is
    that 30 percent something for Armenia to go on compromises needed to
    open the Armenian and Turkish border and to normalize our relations?

    Is this 30 percent something for which we may give to the Turks almost
    all our political and diplomatic resources? In comparison with the
    commerce described in the Bible the commerce Armenia is doing is much
    more convenient because the government exchanges "only" the Armenian
    public strategical interests for 30 percent. But is 30 percent not
    a low price for it? And in general, does the strategical interest
    have price? Of course, for the logic of the government propaganda
    everything may be sold.

    When the opponents of the content of the current Armenian and
    Turkish normalization point our the concrete dangers the process
    contains from the point of weakening of the public potential, the
    hypothesis of this 30 percent is brought up "but we are winning 30
    percent, are you against it?" And maybe we had better set up not
    a commission of historians but immediately agree with Turkey that
    we are not interested in what it thinks about the genocide and if
    they want they may think that just a quarrel happened. In this case,
    Turkey would give us all the borders free of charge and our economic
    interest would be 80 percent. And maybe we may not only recognize
    the Turkish borders but also instead of a "third country" include in
    the protocols the immunity of borders of Azerbaijan. In this case,
    the Turks are possible to give us money to pass our goods through
    their territory. In this case, our economic interest would be 100
    percent. Why do we need to be content of 30 percent?

    Prospects of serious geopolitical processes are on the stake, the
    Armenian and Turkish relations will change the status-quo of the
    region, change of dynamism of deployment of new security systems comes
    up, change of political and geopolitical instruments happens, change of
    players which directly touches the Armenian interest and will influence
    on Armenia arousing new problems for it and demanding new political
    recourses about which, according to the logic, the government had
    to talk to its citizens. While the Armenian government is speaking
    only about the 30 "silver pieces" as if Armenia does not want and
    does not long for, and does not think anything else in this region.
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