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HUNGARIAN PM LETS HIS PEOPLE DOWN, ALIYEV APPEARS LIAR
Karine Ter-Sahakian
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 3, 2012
The chorus slamming Hungary lacked the voice of Russia which claims
to be Armenia's "strategic partner".
The story with Ramil Safarov's extradition once again proved the truth:
anything can be bought. Petrodollars nullify any moral or even legal
considerations. However, the most interesting part began after the jet,
with Safarov on board, landed in Baku.
PanARMENIAN.Net - Hungary faced loads of deserved charges. Even Barack
Obama "voiced discontent" on the case; meanwhile, the chorus slamming
Hungary lacked the voice of Russia which claims to be Armenia's
"strategic partner"... Maybe the reason is that a friend of Vladimir
Putin mediated in the extradition case?Hungarian politicians and
experts were unanimous in the opinion that Viktor Orban let down
not only the government but the whole Hungarian nation that feels
disgraced now. The response of ordinary people is quite predictable,
yet it is unclear how a person going for such a decision independently
can still maintain his post. According to logic and moral duty,
Orban's government should have resigned on August 31.
However, putting emotions aside, Orban just struck a deal to save
his country from default and collapse. Who knows, maybe they'd better
remain poor and preserve stainless reputation. These 3 bln euros will
not save Hungary's economy, but they worked well to involve Budapest
into affairs it had been far way from, in particular, the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict.
According to Andras Racz, Hungarian expert on EU Foreign and Security
Policy, they will now have difficulties in communicating with both
Armenians and the Europeans who are shocked by Orban's move.
Well, Safarov was not expected to end his life in the Hungarian jail.
Some 10 years later he would be extradited to his home country all
the same. This was a mere coincidence: Hungary needed money, and
Azerbaijan wanted Safarov back. Nothing personal, just business.
Business would remain business if it were not for the personality
of the released one. Hungary extradited neither a mafia boss nor a
tax-dodger, and not even a gun dealer. It released a murderer, whose
ultimate goal is assassination of sleeping Armenian. He wouldn't
touch those awake because he wouldn't survive then. And it was the
personality of this slayer that sullied the Hungarian government and,
indirectly, its people who actually are not to blame for the mean
action of their prime minister.
The trouble of the Armenian side now is its over-emotionality.
Suspension of the diplomatic relations was a correct move; the next
step should be refusal from meeting Ilham Aliyev and any Azerbaijani
officials irrespective of their position. Obviously, Budapest slipped
twice: first, when it made the decision and second, when it believed
Aliyev. No comments here, perhaps.
However, despite Azerbaijan's euphoria, this story does no credit to
either Aliyev or Turkey that backs him. It is no secret that Ankara
stands behind all this deal; it organized the talks and specified
the sum Ilham Aliyev had to pay. However, reliable sources in Hungary
claim the notorious 3 bln euros have so far failed to reach Budapest.
Instead, all parliamentary parties demand that Viktor Orban government
should resign.
As to Yerevan's stance, it is time Armenia recognizes the independence
of Nagorno Karabakh Republic; it is already obvious that the
negotiations within the framework of OSCE Minsk Group will hardly be
continued, and no further meetings between presidents of Armenia and
Azerbaijan will take place.
Karine Ter-Sahakian
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 3, 2012
The chorus slamming Hungary lacked the voice of Russia which claims
to be Armenia's "strategic partner".
The story with Ramil Safarov's extradition once again proved the truth:
anything can be bought. Petrodollars nullify any moral or even legal
considerations. However, the most interesting part began after the jet,
with Safarov on board, landed in Baku.
PanARMENIAN.Net - Hungary faced loads of deserved charges. Even Barack
Obama "voiced discontent" on the case; meanwhile, the chorus slamming
Hungary lacked the voice of Russia which claims to be Armenia's
"strategic partner"... Maybe the reason is that a friend of Vladimir
Putin mediated in the extradition case?Hungarian politicians and
experts were unanimous in the opinion that Viktor Orban let down
not only the government but the whole Hungarian nation that feels
disgraced now. The response of ordinary people is quite predictable,
yet it is unclear how a person going for such a decision independently
can still maintain his post. According to logic and moral duty,
Orban's government should have resigned on August 31.
However, putting emotions aside, Orban just struck a deal to save
his country from default and collapse. Who knows, maybe they'd better
remain poor and preserve stainless reputation. These 3 bln euros will
not save Hungary's economy, but they worked well to involve Budapest
into affairs it had been far way from, in particular, the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict.
According to Andras Racz, Hungarian expert on EU Foreign and Security
Policy, they will now have difficulties in communicating with both
Armenians and the Europeans who are shocked by Orban's move.
Well, Safarov was not expected to end his life in the Hungarian jail.
Some 10 years later he would be extradited to his home country all
the same. This was a mere coincidence: Hungary needed money, and
Azerbaijan wanted Safarov back. Nothing personal, just business.
Business would remain business if it were not for the personality
of the released one. Hungary extradited neither a mafia boss nor a
tax-dodger, and not even a gun dealer. It released a murderer, whose
ultimate goal is assassination of sleeping Armenian. He wouldn't
touch those awake because he wouldn't survive then. And it was the
personality of this slayer that sullied the Hungarian government and,
indirectly, its people who actually are not to blame for the mean
action of their prime minister.
The trouble of the Armenian side now is its over-emotionality.
Suspension of the diplomatic relations was a correct move; the next
step should be refusal from meeting Ilham Aliyev and any Azerbaijani
officials irrespective of their position. Obviously, Budapest slipped
twice: first, when it made the decision and second, when it believed
Aliyev. No comments here, perhaps.
However, despite Azerbaijan's euphoria, this story does no credit to
either Aliyev or Turkey that backs him. It is no secret that Ankara
stands behind all this deal; it organized the talks and specified
the sum Ilham Aliyev had to pay. However, reliable sources in Hungary
claim the notorious 3 bln euros have so far failed to reach Budapest.
Instead, all parliamentary parties demand that Viktor Orban government
should resign.
As to Yerevan's stance, it is time Armenia recognizes the independence
of Nagorno Karabakh Republic; it is already obvious that the
negotiations within the framework of OSCE Minsk Group will hardly be
continued, and no further meetings between presidents of Armenia and
Azerbaijan will take place.