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May Russian Border Guards Be Asked To Leave Armenia?
Apparently one of the conditions of the Association Agreement between
Armenia and the EU is to cancel the border guard services of Russia.
Currently the Russian service guards the border of Armenia with Turkey
and Iran. Association of Armenia with the EU is hardly possible when
the Russian border guards are standing at the border.
As the Russian political scientists put it quite frankly, Russia
guards not the border of Armenia but the external borders of the CIS.
In other words, Armenia is not a sovereign state with sovereign border
relations with neighbors but part of the political union of CIS. By
the way, Azerbaijan is also a CIS member. And it means that if the EU
goes for association with Armenia, it must demand that Armenian or
European forces guard the borders of Armenia, not Russia.
Otherwise, it is impossible. Apparently, Russia has been let know.
Apparently, this is the reason why the Armenian authorities are
reluctant to publish the text of the Association Agreement. Perhaps
the incident at the border when the Russian border guards shot dead
the Turkish shepherd is determined by this. It is possible that this
is a Russian-Turkish plot against passing the Armenian-Turkish border
under the protection of Europe.
Guarding of the state border is one of the key conditions of a
country's sovereignty, and a country which makes a sovereign decision
on association with a union cannot afford having another country guard
its borders. It would be nonsense for Armenia, and this is what Russia
fears most of all as it understands that its border guards will have
to withdraw from the CIS borders.
Armenia may afford to remain in CSTO, may not nationalize strategic
infrastructures handed over to Russia but Armenia and the EU may not
enter into association as long as Russia guards the border of Armenia
with Turkey which is a member of the EU Customs Union.
Russian border guards on the Armenian border with Turkey will not
guarantee security of Armenia in case Turkey launches a war against
Armenia. There is no reason to assume that in case Turkey attacks
Armenia Russia will perceive it as an attack on the CIS and will fight
against Turkey. And there is no reason to think that Turkey will not
attack Armenia only because Russia guards the Armenian border.
Naira Hayrumyan
13:16 03/08/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/30618
Apparently one of the conditions of the Association Agreement between
Armenia and the EU is to cancel the border guard services of Russia.
Currently the Russian service guards the border of Armenia with Turkey
and Iran. Association of Armenia with the EU is hardly possible when
the Russian border guards are standing at the border.
As the Russian political scientists put it quite frankly, Russia
guards not the border of Armenia but the external borders of the CIS.
In other words, Armenia is not a sovereign state with sovereign border
relations with neighbors but part of the political union of CIS. By
the way, Azerbaijan is also a CIS member. And it means that if the EU
goes for association with Armenia, it must demand that Armenian or
European forces guard the borders of Armenia, not Russia.
Otherwise, it is impossible. Apparently, Russia has been let know.
Apparently, this is the reason why the Armenian authorities are
reluctant to publish the text of the Association Agreement. Perhaps
the incident at the border when the Russian border guards shot dead
the Turkish shepherd is determined by this. It is possible that this
is a Russian-Turkish plot against passing the Armenian-Turkish border
under the protection of Europe.
Guarding of the state border is one of the key conditions of a
country's sovereignty, and a country which makes a sovereign decision
on association with a union cannot afford having another country guard
its borders. It would be nonsense for Armenia, and this is what Russia
fears most of all as it understands that its border guards will have
to withdraw from the CIS borders.
Armenia may afford to remain in CSTO, may not nationalize strategic
infrastructures handed over to Russia but Armenia and the EU may not
enter into association as long as Russia guards the border of Armenia
with Turkey which is a member of the EU Customs Union.
Russian border guards on the Armenian border with Turkey will not
guarantee security of Armenia in case Turkey launches a war against
Armenia. There is no reason to assume that in case Turkey attacks
Armenia Russia will perceive it as an attack on the CIS and will fight
against Turkey. And there is no reason to think that Turkey will not
attack Armenia only because Russia guards the Armenian border.
Naira Hayrumyan
13:16 03/08/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/30618