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RUSSIA DOES NOT ALLOW LIFTING ARMENIA'S BLOCKADE
Naira Hayrumyan, Political Commentator
Monday, 17 February 2014, 17:21
Armweeklynews.am reported, referring to the Iranian press that Russia
and Iran have agreed that Russia build Astara (Azerbaijani) - Astara
(Iran) - Resht railway for which Iran will pay with oil.
The Kremlin is trying to buy Iranian oil to make sure it does not
flow towards Europe through a pipe that is not controlled by Moscow.
However, the West is against. Yesterday, the presidents of the United
States and France actually warned not to lift sanctions on Iran if
others use the opportunity to start buying Iranian oil.
Moscow cannot sit down and twirl its thumbs so now methods of buying
oil bypassing sanctions are being sought for. In addition, it is again
done in prejudice of Armenia, across Azerbaijan, to make sure that
Armenia does not happen to break through the blockade and appear in
a geopolitical project.
The president of Iran is going to visit Armenia soon. Yesterday the
ambassador of Iran met with the prime minister of Armenia and invited
him to Iran to attend the meeting of the intergovernmental commission.
Armenia is receiving important proposals but Yerevan does not even
make them publicly known not to have to understand why it refuses
those proposals.
Interestingly, despite the fact of political occupation of Armenia,
Russia is not going to give any chance to its partner or rather
satellite. Moscow understands that even a slight fresh breath amid
the blockade will eventually rip Armenia off the Russian space. Russia
needs Armenia cornered and deprived of a chance to maneuver.
The Armenian political society prefers pretending that the biggest
problem of Armenia is the domestic situation, and if the government
is changed, all the problems will be resolved. In additional, the
political circles avoid geopolitical assessments and do not offer
foreign policy alternatives. Unlike the social networks where everyone
says that the Armenian government is the distributor of Russian
interests, no such assessments are heard from the political rostrum.
In this case, the Armenian government is not motivated to review its
policy or rather the lack of policy.
All the Armenian government is doing now is rejecting all the
profitable geopolitical projects. The so-called opposition has nothing
against it. Moreover, the ideologists of the opposition periodically
call not to replace the demand for removal of the government with
geopolitical tasks. As a result, even Russia thinks it is necessary
to include Armenia in its projects, preferring to build a railway
between Iran and Azerbaijan, not Iran and Armenia.
- See more at:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/31934#sthash.3fBqQBMF.dpuf
http://www.armweeklynews.am/index.html
From: A. Papazian
Naira Hayrumyan, Political Commentator
Monday, 17 February 2014, 17:21
Armweeklynews.am reported, referring to the Iranian press that Russia
and Iran have agreed that Russia build Astara (Azerbaijani) - Astara
(Iran) - Resht railway for which Iran will pay with oil.
The Kremlin is trying to buy Iranian oil to make sure it does not
flow towards Europe through a pipe that is not controlled by Moscow.
However, the West is against. Yesterday, the presidents of the United
States and France actually warned not to lift sanctions on Iran if
others use the opportunity to start buying Iranian oil.
Moscow cannot sit down and twirl its thumbs so now methods of buying
oil bypassing sanctions are being sought for. In addition, it is again
done in prejudice of Armenia, across Azerbaijan, to make sure that
Armenia does not happen to break through the blockade and appear in
a geopolitical project.
The president of Iran is going to visit Armenia soon. Yesterday the
ambassador of Iran met with the prime minister of Armenia and invited
him to Iran to attend the meeting of the intergovernmental commission.
Armenia is receiving important proposals but Yerevan does not even
make them publicly known not to have to understand why it refuses
those proposals.
Interestingly, despite the fact of political occupation of Armenia,
Russia is not going to give any chance to its partner or rather
satellite. Moscow understands that even a slight fresh breath amid
the blockade will eventually rip Armenia off the Russian space. Russia
needs Armenia cornered and deprived of a chance to maneuver.
The Armenian political society prefers pretending that the biggest
problem of Armenia is the domestic situation, and if the government
is changed, all the problems will be resolved. In additional, the
political circles avoid geopolitical assessments and do not offer
foreign policy alternatives. Unlike the social networks where everyone
says that the Armenian government is the distributor of Russian
interests, no such assessments are heard from the political rostrum.
In this case, the Armenian government is not motivated to review its
policy or rather the lack of policy.
All the Armenian government is doing now is rejecting all the
profitable geopolitical projects. The so-called opposition has nothing
against it. Moreover, the ideologists of the opposition periodically
call not to replace the demand for removal of the government with
geopolitical tasks. As a result, even Russia thinks it is necessary
to include Armenia in its projects, preferring to build a railway
between Iran and Azerbaijan, not Iran and Armenia.
- See more at:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/31934#sthash.3fBqQBMF.dpuf
http://www.armweeklynews.am/index.html
From: A. Papazian