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US engaged in transforming Armenia, former politician says
16:15 - 05.05.11
The United States is currently engaged in a processes to transform
Armenia, a former member of the Karabakh Committee, has said.
"That's when realities change, but unlike revolutions, this is a
process that involves many people and by avoiding turmoil," Ashot
Manucharyan told a news conference on Thursday.
Asked about the purpose, he said: "Their goal is to make the country
more controllable on the one hand, and bringing it in line with the
standards of the modern world."
Manucharyan said he believed that the United States is applying the
methods of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
"Today, we have a mayor who was been dismissed, and a powerful police
officer who is in jail, as well as a re-opened case of the March 2008
events," he said, considering all those developments to be the tools
of such a policy.
Manucharyan said that the method is aimed at achieving changes through
transformations (as opposed to revolutions).
He noted in that context that such tactics caused the opposition
Armenian National Congress (ANC) to retreat its revolutionary posture
and resort to non-revolutionary methods.
"The United States realized it is necessary to stop plundering the
nation not to lose control over the world," he said, stressing the
importance of applying the same approach to Armenia.
"The United States policies coincide with our interests as much as
this point is concerned, but all the other aspects cannot be
beneficial as they give the country additional leverages over
Armenia," he added.
Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
16:15 - 05.05.11
The United States is currently engaged in a processes to transform
Armenia, a former member of the Karabakh Committee, has said.
"That's when realities change, but unlike revolutions, this is a
process that involves many people and by avoiding turmoil," Ashot
Manucharyan told a news conference on Thursday.
Asked about the purpose, he said: "Their goal is to make the country
more controllable on the one hand, and bringing it in line with the
standards of the modern world."
Manucharyan said he believed that the United States is applying the
methods of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
"Today, we have a mayor who was been dismissed, and a powerful police
officer who is in jail, as well as a re-opened case of the March 2008
events," he said, considering all those developments to be the tools
of such a policy.
Manucharyan said that the method is aimed at achieving changes through
transformations (as opposed to revolutions).
He noted in that context that such tactics caused the opposition
Armenian National Congress (ANC) to retreat its revolutionary posture
and resort to non-revolutionary methods.
"The United States realized it is necessary to stop plundering the
nation not to lose control over the world," he said, stressing the
importance of applying the same approach to Armenia.
"The United States policies coincide with our interests as much as
this point is concerned, but all the other aspects cannot be
beneficial as they give the country additional leverages over
Armenia," he added.
Tert.am
From: A. Papazian