"Fact" daily writes:
"There is no foreign policy." This is how Tevan Poghosyan, head of the International Center for Human Development, responds to our question about the foreign policy of the current Armenian authorities. "During the thirty years, at different periods, Armenia has joined various structures, and now they carry out visits, participate in meetings and discussions within their frameworks, trying to do something in their opinion. The rest, it seems, was decided in New York when they went to the territory of Turkey and received the instructions," said Poghosyan in an interview with "Pasti". According to him, in the eyes of foreigners, Armenia is no longer perceived as a state or a subject. "When the US Secretary of State was asked what international relations is, he responded: it's like a dinner party, either you're a dish on the table or you're a participant sitting at the table. Armenia is a dish on the table. As of today, the problem is not Armenia, there is only one point of interest left in Armenia: who will control the so-called "Zangezur Corridor"? That is the only question under discussion. Because of this, Azerbaijan does not sign any papers, Turkey and Iran are only interested in that issue. The Russian side also seems to constantly allude to it. The point of discussion is not whether there will be a corridor or not, the international players have that consensus that it will happen. Armenia knows this very well, that's why it talks about the "Crossroads of Peace". They know that the corridor will be launched. The whole question is who will control that corridor? Now it's a battle for control. Armenia will not be asked: will you do it this way or that way? They will do the same to those who cut their teeth in each other. In order to present something of yourself, you have to show a tooth. And who are we showing teeth to? Is there a country we can show our teeth to? No. If you don't show your teeth, there is no problem of resistance, and there is no problem of regulating the relationship. What they discuss with you, they can only inform you. As Erdogan said, they informed about the September events a year ago," our interlocutor says.
And what are the dangers of the possible launch of that corridor? There is a lot of talk about opening a second front against Iran and Russia, and about Armenia being "underfoot" in the language of the people. "We won't have a column, is there a bigger danger than that? If after the elections in Georgia, as Georgian experts predict, there will be disagreements, post-election processes, there are people, they even talk about the dangers of a civil war, if the relations between Israel and Iran end in military operations, will we not be "underfoot"?" Poghosyan responds. : And how soberly and adequately are the Armenian authorities reacting to all the events that are happening in our region? The alarm about the possibility of Iran getting involved in a possible war is one of the first in the news. "They have no adequacy problem. They say let's sign a paper, although we are sure that the paper means nothing, because the government of Azerbaijan can attack the next day. Azerbaijan no longer knows how to say that it will not sign any document. In the last statement, they said that any partially prepared document is unacceptable for their signature. In this case, no country has any expectations from Armenia. Everyone has their own problem that they are trying to solve. Should Iran wait for proposals and solutions? He was confrontational and said, changing the borders is a red line for us. Those statements should have been made by the Armenian side. Even Iran would say yes, we welcome that position of Armenia. Iran does not even wait for what the Armenian side will say, it is the first to express its position. Or, many people were happy that it is good that only our border guards will control the problems of the Armenian-Iranian border, etc. Every day there are reports that Russia is liberating new villages both in Kursk and in other areas, everyone understands that they are making progress. There are announcements from Europe that it is necessary to find ways of cooperation with Russia, etc. No one understands that it will be possible to crush Russia to the end. Russia does everything for its own benefit, today it says: you don't want my border guards standing at your borders, I will take them out, you don't want them in Zvartnots, they won't be. It means that he develops or has an idea of how to advance his interests. This does not mean that Russia has backed away from its interests and is ready to take losses. He does not feel defeated under any circumstances, he feels like a winner. And do we understand what scenarios Russia has developed, maybe in that case we will have more losses or face difficult situations? They went, drank coffee, laughed, and Russia said: if you want, I will remove the border guards. This is not the case in international relations. We have to consider this in order to calculate, understand, and make scenario planning, in the sense of the goal: "What to do to keep the power for one more day?" They are conducting a very adequate policy. But today, do we have a problem of keeping and restoring power or Armenia? Therefore, everyone begins to evaluate the ongoing processes from the goals set before us," says the head of the "International Center for Human Development". The goal is to extend one's own power and restore the lost rating, maybe this is also the purpose of the prosecutor's office, which is presented to the courts one after another? lawsuits for confiscation of illegal property. "Starting things does not mean finishing them. We talk about being a democratic country. Within the value system of democracy is the presumption of innocence. Let's hope that the law enforcement bodies will investigate everything honestly, after that the judicial bodies will make fair decisions. These are hopes. If people have committed mistakes, crimes, deliberate thefts, let them be punished, who can be against that? But one thing must be understood: what is the real purpose of all this? Is all this manipulative or reality? Unfortunately, everything has been distorted in these six years. If there is a field of manipulation in all of this, what can I rely on that this time all the cases will be investigated honestly, this time they are for an honest purpose, especially since they all came together at the same time. We will follow the court proceedings and see what will happen. Each person observes the behavior of the judge, accuser, and defender. If a judge falls asleep during a court session, does not pay attention, does not speak respectfully, does not keep order, people will have an attitude, and it does not matter which side that person is on. In the same way, sermons, speeches about integrity during the Holiness movement affect people, no matter how much they try to manipulate it. When a person is left alone with himself, transformation of many issues takes place. Maybe we need this period to realize, to transform, to get out of the moral and psychological crisis we are going through now. This is the most painful phenomenon for any state. We need to get out of the defeated state, and for that we need to form a government that is not defeated. Any defeated government will bring new defeats, it will keep us constantly in the defeated state of mind. The defeated government should leave voluntarily," concludes Tevan Poghosyan.
Lusine Arakelyan
