Yerevan August 28
Ani Mshetsyan. Recently, the new Armenian authorities, unfortunately, made many mistakes. On August 28, Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, Republican Party spokesman Eduard Sharmazanov stated this during a conversation with journalists.
Sharmazanov said that at a rally on August 17 the Prime Minister stated that the Armenian-Russian relations are remarkable and are actively developing. "Over the past 25 years, I have never seen or heard any hint from the Russian foreign minister that the Armenian government, which is a strategic ally of the Russian Federation, says one thing and does something completely different: Armenian-Russian or Armenian– American relations will not develop by toasting.
I also have concerns related, in particular, to the CSTO. The statement of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has once again confirmed that no one simply presented the position of the CSTO Secretary General to Armenia. Serzh Sargsyan did everything possible to ensure that the post of secretary general in this authoritative organization was given to Armenia. If one day the position of the secretary general passes to another country, then all political responsibility for this will lie with Prime Minister Pashinyan and his government, "the vice-speaker stressed. The RPA spokesman stressed that today we should look forward, as the future is very vague and the government should be ready to face the possible challenges. "Let no one get the impression that we are happy with the deterioration of the Armenian-Russian relations, that Lavrov touched Pashinyan's government, or Peter Switalsky said that the current government of the Republic of Armenia does not have a clear position on possible assistance from the EU. it's too early to talk about large-scale investments by American companies in Armenia's economy, we are not happy with all this, time has shown that we are most interested in stability in our country, at least in the sphere of security. Shade serious, and they need to articulate Unfortunately, during the meeting on 17 August, we witnessed performances Pashinyan, who for some time has forgotten that he is now a major political figure in Armenia, and this is very sad, "-. concluded Sharmazanov.
It should be noted that chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee Armen Ashotyan, on his Facebook page, Facebook published a statement stating that the leaders of other CSTO member countries would prefer to see the representative of their country as their secretary general. Ashotyan noted that all this became possible only thanks to the policy of Serzh Sargsyan. "The new authorities of Armenia are obliged to make every effort to preserve the post of the CSTO Secretary General after the scandal for the republic," the deputy concluded.
It should be reminded that the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in an interview with the Belarus-1 TV channel stated that Belarus offered other candidates for the post of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretary General, and was right. "We looked deeper on this issue – from the point of view of the new leadership of Armenia, the policy pursued by Nikol Pashinyan and his government, we discussed our joint actions in the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the problems that now exist in the CSTO itself, as well as those areas of action for which are the responsibility of the members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, "Lukashenko said. It should be reminded that CSTO Secretary General Yury Khachaturov is accused of overthrowing the constitutional order in the so-called "March 1, 2008 case." At that time he held the post of the head of the Yerevan garrison. By a court decision of July 28, he was arrested and then released on bail in the amount of 5 million drams. In the same case, the second Armenian President Robert Kocharian and former Defense Minister Mikael Harutyunyan are on the wanted list. On August 2, the Special Investigative Service stated that the preventive measure chosen against Yuri Khachaturov is not an obstacle for him to absent himself from Armenia for some time. At the same time, the CAS did not detail the permissible period of its absence. Official Yerevan invited CSTO colleagues to consider the possibility of replacing the candidacy of the CSTO Secretary General from Armenia in connection with the criminal prosecution of Yuri Khachaturov.