Author: Chakrian Hovsep

CSTO’S RAPID-REACTION FORCE TO HOLD EXERCISES IN LATE SUMMER

RIA Novosti
14:34 | 07/ 05/ 2009

MOSCOW, May 7 (RIA Novosti) – The joint rapid-reaction forces of
a post-Soviet regional security bloc will hold military exercises
in August-September in Kazakhstan, a Russian first deputy foreign
minister announced on Thursday.

Andrei Denisov said the development of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization’s rapid-reaction force was a topic of discussion at
an ongoing meeting of CSTO deputy foreign, defense, and economics
ministers at the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which comprises
Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Uzbekistan and
Tajikistan, agreed in early February to set up the rapid-reaction
force.

President Dmitry Medvedev earlier said that the force should be
well-organized and equipped to counter a variety of threats.

The Russian president also said the CSTO was open for cooperation
with the United States in the fight against terrorism in Central Asia.

The rapid-reaction force, which Medvedev has said "will be just as
good as comparable NATO forces," will be used to repulse military
aggression, conduct anti-terrorist operations, fight transnational
crime and drug trafficking, and neutralize the effects of natural
disasters.

Moscow has stressed that collective forces will not interfere in the
domestic conflicts of the bloc’s member countries.

ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN MAKE PROGRESS ON KARABAKH – MEDIATOR

NASDAQ
May 7 2009

PRAGUE (AFP)–The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan made "important
and significant progress" in talks on the disputed Nagorno Karabakh
region on Thursday, international mediators said.

Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian and his Azerbaijani counterpart
Ilham Aliyev met for talks ahead of the European Union’s Eastern
Partnership summit in Prague, under supervision from the Minsk Group
of international mediators.

"There is an important and significant progress, some parts of the
negotiations were basically agreed on," Matthew Bryza, U.S. deputy
assistant secretary of state and co-chairman of the group, told
reporters.

"They had a constructive discussion, they were able in finding basic
principles to reduce their differences (…) they generally agreed
on the basic ideas that they came here to discuss today," he added.

Bernard Fassier, the group’s French co-chairman, said the negotiators
had to " finalize the details" with foreign ministers ahead of the
next meeting.

That is expected to take place on the fringes of a business forum in
St. Petersburg in early June.

"We have a huge work ahead in the coming days and weeks," he added.

Backed by Armenia, ethnic Armenian separatists seized control of
Nagorno Karabakh in the early 1990s in a war that killed nearly 30,000
people and forced two million to flee their homes.

A ceasefire was signed between the two former Soviet republics in
1994 but the dispute remains unresolved.

Press and Information Department
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Republic of Armenia
Tel. + 37410 544041. ext. 202
Fax. + 37410 565601
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Foreign Minister of Armenia visits Washington

Foreign Minister of Armenia has a meeting with his American counterpart

On May 5, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian who was in
Washington on a working visit met with US Secretary of State Hilary
Clinton.

State Secretary Clinton welcomed Foreign Minister of Armenia and
stated that the USA is interested in strengthening and development of
comprehensive relations with Armenia and President Obama’s
administration is resolute to expand cooperation between the two
countries.

Minister Nalbandian thanked for the invitation to visit Washington and
emphasized that Armenia attaches importance to further strengthening
its relations with the United States, will pursue development and
deepening of friendly partnership and expansion of cooperation with
the USA.

The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and America discussed wide range of
issues regarding different areas of bilateral cooperation,
possibilities of development and expansion of economic partnership,
touched upon the session of the Armenian-American intergovernmental
commission to be held in May in Yerevan, discussed a number of
regional and international issues.

The two discussed the process of normalization of the Armenian-Turkish
relations. State Secretary Hilary Clinton classed as historic the
April 22 Statement of Foreign Ministries of Armenia and Turkey. She
reaffirmed the position of the United States to continue providing
complete assistance to normalization of the Armenian-Turkish
relations.

The latest developments in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) peace process
were also discussed at the meeting. They touched upon the forthcoming
meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Secretary
Clinton emphasized the necessity of peaceful resolution of the Artsakh
issue and said that as a country Co-Chairing in the OSCE Minsk Group
the United States will continue its full support to reaching of an
agreement between the conflict sides and to problem’s solution, which
by her definition will create new opportunities for development, as
well as strengthening of stability and security in the South Caucasus
region.

Minister Nalbandian presented to State Secretary Clinton the process
of reforms implemented in Armenia and the steps undertaken towards
that direction.

Edward Nalbandian invited Hilary Clinton to visit Armenia.

The same day the Foreign Minister of Armenia met with General James
Jones, the US President’s National Security Advisor at the White
House. Armenian Foreign Minister and US President Advisor discussed
different issues of the Armenian-American cooperation, establishment
of regional security. General Jones highly assessed the participation
of Armenia in peacekeeping actions and in that context its important
contribution in the issue of providing international security. They
had a detailed talk on the process of normalization of the
Armenian-Turkish relations and possibilities of settlement of the
Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) issue. General Jones expressed support
towards the steps undertaken by the leadership of Armenia aimed at the
normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations. The two also
discussed the ways to strengthen the Armenian-American partnership.

During the meeting with Howard Berman, Chairman of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian
presented the main directions and priorities of Armenia’s foreign
policy. The two touched upon issues concerning stability and security
in the South Caucasus region.

On May 4, Foreign Minister of Armenia visited the US Congress where he
met with Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on the Armenian issues
Frank Pallone and Mark Kirk and members of the group Congressmen Anna
Eshoo, Steve Rothman and Scott Garett.

The Armenian Foreign Minister thanked the Congressmen for their
pro-Armenian activity of many years and highly appreciated the
activities of Congressional Caucus on the Armenian issues and the role
of the group members in enhancement of the Armenian-American
relations.

At the request of Congressmen Minister Nalbandian presented recent
development in the process of normalization of the Armenian-Turkish
relations and steps to be undertaken towards the establishment of
normal relations between the two neighbouring countries. In this
context Congressmen expressed support to the steps undertaken by the
leadership of Armenia to normalization of relations with Turkey.

At the meeting they touched upon the negotiation process on Artsakh
(Nagorno Karabakh) issue and its perspectives.

Edward Nalbandian also had a meeting with Daniel Fried, US Assistant
Secretary of State during which the ways of development of
Armenian-American relations were discussed.

In the course of the meeting with Rodney Bent, Acting Chief Executive
Officer of the Millenium Challenge Corporation Edward Nalbandian
discussed issues related to continuation of programs implemented by
Corporation in Armenia.

In Washington in Armenian Embassy Edward Nalbandain had a working
consultations with diplomats of the Armenian Embassy to the USA and
the Armenian Permanent Representation at the UN. During the
consultations main issues of the Armenian Foreign policy were
discussed and the appropriate instructions were given.

In the capital of the USA the Armenian Foreign Minister also had a
meeting with representatives of the American Armenian community.

On May 5, concluding his visit to Washington Edward Nalbandian left
for Prague where he will participate in the Eastern Partnership Summit
as a member of the delegation led by the RA President.

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Seeing Red: Georgia blames Russia for ‘mutiny’
Russia, furious over NATO war games set to begin Wednesday in Georgia,
says recent turmoil is evidence of Saakashvili’s instability. Armenia
withdraws from war games.
By Fred Weir and Correspondent

Moscow
It looked like a recipe for political crisis even before a Georgian
tank battalion apparently mutinied on Tuesday:
– Nearly a month of rolling street demonstrations have virtually shut
down the central area of the capital, with thousands of protesters
daily demanding the resignation of Georgia’s president, Mikheil
Saakashvili.
– Russian troops have been massing in the past week barely an hour’s
drive away in South Ossetia.
– NATO-sponsored war games that Moscow furiously opposes are set to
begin on Wednesday.
Then came the apparent mutiny Tuesday of Georgian soldiers – a
still-murky event that Mr. Saakashvili was quick to blame on a
pro-Russian conspiracy inside his country’s armed forces. Though
Georgian authorities announced that the situation had been brought
under control by Tuesday evening, and several former and current
military commanders are now under investigation for plotting the
alleged rebellion, people in Tbilisi say conditions remain tense.
Russian authorities, who angrily deny any involvement in the plot,
insist the turmoil underscores their longstanding claim that Georgia
is an unstable entity with an illegitimate leader that should not be
playing host to NATO forces. Relations between Moscow and NATO,
already at low ebb, appear set to plummet further after NATO grimly
announced that the month-long war games, which involve 1,300 troops
from 18 countries, will go ahead as planned.
"It’s hard to say what will come next," says Alexander Iskandaryan,
director of the independent Center for Caucasian Studies in Yerevan,
Armenia. "The Russian mood toward Georgia is strained, nervous and
irrational. The same can be said for Georgia’s attitude to
Russia. [Tuesday’s] events show there is a chaotic struggle for power
inside Georgia, and suggests that Saakashvili’s power is not secure."
Late Tuesday, Armenia announced it would be withdrawing from the NATO
military exercises. A statement released by the defense ministry of
the longtime Russian ally cited "the current situation" for its
decision, but offered no further explanation. Kazakhstan and Serbia,
also strong allies with Russia, have previously canceled their
participation.
Georgia, Moscow blame one another for mutiny
Georgia’s Interior Ministry says a 500-man tank battalion stationed at
Mukhrovani, about 18 miles from Tbilisi, mutinied on Tuesday in a bid
to disrupt the NATO war games. According to Shota Utiashvili, a
ministry spokesman, the plotters "were receiving money from Russia,
and [their actions] were coordinated with Russia." He adds that a
"full-scale mutiny" had been planned by the rebels, but was averted by
the authorities’ quick action.
In a televised statement, Saakashvili also blamed Moscow and added, "I
am asking and demanding from our northern neighbor to refrain from
provocations."
However, in a statement quoted by Georgian news agencies, the
rebellious battalion’s commander, Mamuka Gorgishvili, indicated that
his men were merely staging a sit-down strike to protest "the ongoing
[political] confrontation" between antigovernment demonstrators and
Saakashvili in the streets of Tbilisi. "There will be no aggressive
actions on behalf of our tank unit," the statement said. "We are in
barracks and we are not going to leave them."
Some Georgian opposition leaders say they doubt there was any military
mutiny.
"The authorities are in crisis and we fear Saakashvili might use this
situation to declare a state of emergency," says Irina
Sarishvili-Chanturia, leader of the "Hope" coalition of opposition
groups. After a month of rolling anti-government street rallies in
Tbilisi, she says, "Saakashvili wants an excuse to use force against
us, to make the population give up on the very idea of protesting."
No thaw in relations between Russia and NATO
Georgian experts offer differing assessments of their meaning.
"This is a continuation of what happened last August," when the
Russian army stormed into South Ossetia to defend the breakaway
Georgian statelet from an attempt to impose Tbilisi’s control by
military force, says Alexander Rondeli, president of the independent
Foundation for Strategic and Political Studies in Tbilisi. "Our
northern neighbor wants to destabilize Georgia, and you can’t say it’s
over or that things will become normal. Russia will never tolerate
Georgia’s independence."
But Georgi Khutsishvili, chair of the International Center on Conflict
and Negotiation in Tbilisi, says there are no "pro-Russian" forces,
either among the opposition in Tbilisi’s streets or within the
Georgian army. "Our authorities are always seeing Moscow’s hand in
things," he says. "But I cannot imagine that any Georgian army
battalion could revolt on Russian orders. I completely exclude
this. Whatever happened, it must be explained by internal factors."
Experts say the Kremlin appears increasingly concerned over the damage
to Russia’s fragile dialogue with NATO, begun with high hopes barely a
month ago. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev last week called on the
Western alliance to cancel the "shortsighted" war games, and ordered
Russian officials not to attend a NATO council meeting slated for
Thursday.
Making matters worse, NATO last week expelled two Russian diplomats
accused of espionage – one of them the son of Moscow’s ambassador to
the European Union – a move that drew angry Russian accusations that
the Western alliance was returning to cold war-style "gross
provocations."
On Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that he
will not attend a NATO summit in Brussels later this month, where he
was to have met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to protest
against the spying allegations.
And in another tension-building development, the Kremlin signed
security pacts last Thursday with the breakaway Georgian regions of
Abkhazia and South Ossetia, enabling Russia’s FSB security service to
take control over the two statelets’ borders. Russian border guards,
who fall under command of the FSB, began taking up positions along the
disputed frontier this week, along with 1,800 fresh Russian
troops. Georgia’s foreign ministry denounced the moves as "yet another
Russian attempt to strengthen the military build-up on Georgia’s
occupied territories and legitimize the occupation process."
Russian officials insist they are not worried about any military
threat posed by the NATO-sponsored military exercises, which were
scheduled well before the August war, but feel offended by what they
see as a Western effort to bolster Saakashvili even after he
authorized the military attack on South Ossetia that killed a dozen
Russian peacekeeping troops.
"Western politicians are just closing their eyes to the instability in
Georgia, and they just can’t accept that Russia might be right about
anything," says Sergei Markov, a Duma deputy from the pro-Kremlin
United Russia Party.
"It looks to us like NATO just insists on recognizing the legitimacy
of Saakashvili, to treat him as if he were a normal politician who
behaves normally. It’s the position of NATO countries toward us,
rather than what’s going on in Georgia, that causes us the most
concern," he says.
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ARMENIA NOT TO TAKE PART IN NATO EXERCISES IN GEORGIA

ArmInfo
2009-05-05 13:47:00

Armenia will not take part in NATO exercises in Georgia, "Aravot"
Yerevan newspaper reads referring to the informed sources.

According to the newspaper, nonparticipation of Armenia in the
exercises is caused by the statement of NATO Secretary General Jaap
de Hoop Scheffer at April 29 joint press- conference in Brussels with
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev saying that the Alliance supports
the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

To note, Armenia ha snot yet officially refused from participation
in the exercises. The Defense Ministry does not comment on this
issue. For its part, the Foreign Ministry has not yet clarified the
situation either.

‘Cooperative Lancer/Cooperative Longbow’ exercises will be held in
Georgia in May- June within the frames of the "Partnership for Peace"
NATO programme. The first stage of the exercises will be held on May
6 -19, 2009, and the second phase – from May 21 to June 3.

Interfax, Russia
April 29 2009

NATO planning to develop military cooperation with Armenia

YEREVAN April 29

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is attaching great
importance to its military cooperation with Armenia, NATO’s Deputy
Secretary General Claudio Bisoniero said at a meeting with Armenian
Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian.

Bisoniero said that military cooperation, forming a peacekeeping
brigade, improving a military training system and developing planning
skills are seen by NATO as priorities in its relations with Armenia,
defense minister’s press secretary Col. Seyran Shakhsuvarian told
Interfax on Tuesday.

The parties said they hope to develop NATO-Armenia cooperation, the
press secretary said.

Armenian Second TV Channel, Yerevan
April 30 2009

Armenian ex-police chief denies order to shoot at protesters in March
2008

[Presenter] The former chief of Armenia’s Police [Hayk Harutyunyan]
has given explanations to the temporary [parliamentary] commission
probing into the 1 March events [1 March 2008 post-election clashes
between police and protesters that resulted in 10
casualties]. Harutyunyan reiterated the statement that neither the
president of the country [former President Robert Kocharyan] nor he
had given orders to shoot at the protesters. He said the actions of
the police were lawful. Lilit Kasyan will present details of
explanations of the former chief of police.

[Correspondent speaking over video of a meeting] The order to shoot at
protesters on 1 March could not be given and it was given neither by
the president nor by myself, we were not in a battlefield, the aim was
just to examine the location, and the leader of the country even
instructed not to hinder the course of the rally after examining the
location, the former chief of police said today.

[Harutyunyan speaking at the meeting] Only one group of police troops
was armed there, and they were armed with authorized automatic guns,
and they used blank tracer bullets merely for warning purposes.

[Correspondent] No targeted shots were made on 1 March, police forces
acted in a reserved way.

[Harutyunyan] Except for a sniper, who, yes, they noticed that someone
was firing at a soldier form a firearm; and the sniper wounded him in
his leg and, in fact, rendered him harmless.

[Correspondent] Harutyunyan says that the actions of the protesters
had been planned in advance and that the actions of the police were
lawful.

[Harutyunyan] All this was done in an organized manner. Maybe, this
provocative programme, scenario had been prepared ahead of the [19
February 2008 presidential] election, I cannot say. This was an armed
attack on police forces, and I believe the aim was to overthrow the
authorities by violent means.

[Correspondent] The former chief of police spoke about things that
have not been mentioned before. For instance, on 1 March a few
Yerkrapahs [members of the Yerkrapah Union of Volunteers paramilitary
organization] said that the Metropol hotel [in the centre of Yerevan]
needed to be quickly vacated and that their headquarters would operate
from there, otherwise that and other entities would be attacked and
blasted. Harutyunyan believes that it is the masterminds and
participants in the 1 March events who are in the first place
responsible for them [the events]. The former chief of police, who
answered all questions addressed to him, including the question of
Aram Karapetyan [the leader of the opposition New Times party], said
Karapetyan had no moral right to ask him questions.

Hürriyet, Turkey
May 2 2009

Another problem from hell

The other night I took a taxi from Istanbul’s crowded Taksim Square.
On the way home, I started to chat with the young driver, asking him
about business in this time of economic crisis.

"It is very bad, bro," he said, explaining that customers are trying
to spend less and less. Then I asked him the typical Turkish question:
"Memleket nere," or, "which city are you from?" "I am from Van," he
replied, but then anxiously added: "Yet make no mistake: I am no
Kurd."

Apparently that was a statement with some baggage. And that was
something he eagerly wanted to share, especially after learning about
my job. "Hey, if you have a little time," he hence asked, "let me
explain to you what the Kurds are."

Fears about ‘the Kurd’
"Sure," I said, and sat down in the back seat for an extra 15 minutes
to listen to the man’s story. He told me that as an ethnic Turk, he
was deeply frustrated by his Kurdish neighbors who were allegedly very
chauvinist, exclusivist and intimidating.

"In my hometown, a Kurd will never buy from a Turkish shop," he said,
"whereas we don’t make any distinction." He then drew a totally
negative stereotype: "Kurds are lazy, dirty, rude and nothing good
comes out of them." The worst thing, for him, was their eagerness to
reproduce: "You want to make two kids and send them to good schools,
bro, right? Well, the Kurd makes 10 kids so that half of them will be
terrorists and the other half will be thieves."

I was already stunned by all this, but he had more to say. "They are
multiplying like rabbits," he argued, "and if the state doesn’t stop
them, they will take over the whole east, killing and expelling us
Turks."

"Stop them?" I asked. "What do you mean?"

He answered: "Their leaders should be taken down. We should start with
those DTP [Democratic Society Party] members. They are all PKK, and
they should killed one by one. Only then the Kurd will learn a lesson
and start to behave."

Then the conversation moved on to another topic, which took us from
current affairs to a dark past. "Perhaps we should do what my
grandfathers did to the Armenians," he coldly said, and the rest went
on like this:

– The Armenians? What do you mean? Are you talking about 1915?

– I think so.

– So, what happened then?

– Oh, one night my grandfathers took the knives out and raided all
Armenian homes, killing them one by one.

– But why?

– Well, it is bad, I know. But the Armenians started it. Before the
great killing, they raided nearby Turkish villages, and they tortured
and slaughtered every Muslim they found. They had special knives to
rip pregnant women’s bellies.

They would smash the unborn babies to rocks. If my grandfathers did
not go out and kill them, they would do the same to us, too. That is
the rule, bro: If you don’t kill them first, they will kill you all.

Before leaving the taxi, I tried to tell the hardnosed young man a few
things that could help. "It is haram [religiously forbidden] to kill
the innocent," I reminded him, which he tended to agree with. Then I
said maybe the Armenian militants of 1915 and the Kurdish terrorists
of today were driven by fears like his. Maybe every group suspects the
others’ evil intentions and act accordingly. Maybe the problems could
be solved if they learned to talk to each other.

Even this simple idea was a bit puzzling for my driver, so I just said
good night and left. But there were many other good questions to
ask. Was he ever provided with ample information so that he could
appropriately contextualize the observations he was making in his
hometown? Did anyone ever inform him about the possible causes of
poverty in the Southeast, or about the worldwide correlation between
poverty and higher birth rates? Did he ever learn about Kurdish
communities’ sentiments on Turks and why they felt the need to
withdraw? Did he ever get such information from his government or his
media?

Driven by fear
I bet the answers would be all negative. And this underlines the core
problem: Ethnic tension, and ultimately conflict, arises from the lack
of objective knowledge about the other, which leads to paranoia about
the other. People hardly do evil for that they enjoy evil. They rather
do evil for that they fear evil.

That is something we should keep in mind while dealing with not only
the contemporary issues such as the Kurdish question, but also
historical ones such as the Armenian "Meds Yeghern" (Great Catastrophe).

In her book, "A Problem from Hell," Samantha Power, whom President
Obama appointed to a senior position, describes the latter well. Yet
to get the full picture, one also needs to read other works such as,
"Death and Exile: The Ethnic Cleansing of Ottoman Muslims, 1821-1922"
by historian Justin McCarthy. That will show you that the massacres of
Armenians were motivated by fear rather than anything else.

They were, in other words, driven by my driver’s maddening idea: If
you don’t kill them first, they will kill you all.

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PRESS-SECRETARY OF ARMENIAN PRESIDENT: CLEARING AND CONDEMNING OF ARMENIAN JOURNALIST BEATING IS THE BEST GUARANTEE OF NOT HAPPENING OF SUCH CASES IN FUTURE

ArmInfo
2009-05-01 13:34:00

ArmInfo. Clearing and condemning of an Armenian journalist beating
is the best guarantee of not happening of such cases in future,
Armenian president’s press-secretary Samvel Farmanyan told ArmInfo
correspondent when commenting on beating up of the editor of ‘Armenia
Today’ Argishti Kiviryan.

‘In connection with the incident Armenian president has already
encharged law-enforcement agencies with relevant tasks. Unfortunately,
this is not the first case when violation is applied towards my
colleagues with a purpose to hinder their professional activity’, –
Farmanyan said.

To recall, the incident happened at about 5:00 AM of April 30 in
the entrance of the house in Nalbandyan Street where Kiviryans’
family lives.

Appearingly, three unknown men were on the watch for Argishti
Kiviryan. The criminals beat the victim with clubs and then put forth
the handgun.

Fortunately, Kiviryan managed to the avert the gunpoint, and the
bullets did nit catch him. Kiviryans’ family heard three shots in
the entrance of their house. Currently, Argishti Kiviryan is in the
intensive care unit of ‘Erebuni’ hospital. He has got numerous bodily
injuries, especially in the area of the head. The doctors say his
life is out of danger.

The Police press-service reported that forensic testing is underway.

DAVID SHAHNAZARYAN: SERZH SARGSYAN BELIEVES THAT CONCESSIONS IN FOREIGN POLICY WILL HELP HIM TO CONTINUE HIS TERROR INSIDE THE COUNTRY BUT HE IS MISTAKEN

ArmInfo
2009-05-01 16:06:00

ArmInfo. The presence of so many people at today’s rally proves that
our movement is gaining momentum, the member of the Armenian National
Congress David Shahnazaryan said during the opposition rally that is
taking place in Yerevan for the moment.

ArmInfo’s correspondent reports that almost 20,000 people are taking
part in the action.

"Our struggle has only one outcome – victory. Since the Mar 1 tragic
events the authorities have done their best to disguise their crimes
but they have failed because of our struggle. We are searching for new
proofs of their crimes against their own people," Shahnazaryan said.

He pointed out that the recent statements of the chief of the
police Hayk Haroutyunyan had booked him a seat in the dock of the
international tribunal.

"Serzh Sargsyan believes that concessions in foreign policy will
help him to continue his terror inside the country but he is strongly
mistaken," Shahnazaryan said.