Samvel Farmanyan on his Facebook pagewrites:
Decryption. 2014 The background of the famous episode of Nazarbayev-Sargsyan in Astana
During the 10 years of Sargsyan's presidency, one of the few episodes of criticism, of course, is certainly in Astana in 2014. It was a well-known story in May. Let me remind you of the then President of Kazakhstan Nazarbayev in the presence of the media during the meeting of the EEU leaders that he and the President of Belarus applied to the President of Azerbaijan and conveyed his concern. Armenia must join the EAEA with its internationally recognized borders without Artsakh. He also argued that there is such a precedent. "Armenia has joined the World Trade Organization." As you remember, Sargsyan did not respond to Nazarbayev, inviting a wide public criticism.
And since the disaster with our people and the state, a lot has lost its previous meaning, I consider it necessary to declassify what happened to the incident for at least 11 years later, and she also understood the real roots of Sargsyan's silence. I am confident that our political life is also a simple fact that many nuances of large politics remain outside the public, nourishing a variety of myths and myths.
Let me remind once again that Nazarbayev spoke on behalf of Aliyev about Nagorno Karabakh in the context of the EEU membership. To record that Armenia is becoming a EEU member, Nikol, according to the Alma-Ata Declaration, this is through the Borders of the Armenian SSR. In other words, he wanted to be on that platform and on that occasion that Nagorno-Karabakh does not become automatic with Armenia's membership, trade, customs regimes, etc. I will not mention more times that Nagorno Karabakh has been a part of Armenia's economy throughout its existence, and some of the EPRM economic zone has been part of Armenia's membership since Armenia. It was the same customs regime and so on.
The back of what happened in Astana was the following, about which the truth has not been said.
Of course, the then authorities of Armenia, with the help of their international partners, were, of course, that Aliyev applied to Nazarbayev and Lukashenko. And that Nazarbayev will open that topic in Astana. And no matter how surprising, the RA President seemed as surprising to think about all this, he did not respond, it was silent.
For two reasons:
1.) First of all, because the issue of Armenia's membership in the EAAU had already been discussed and agreed with the key role, the Russian President. Therefore, why in the eyes of one's own people to remember and Tigran Major, albeit Lukashenko, if it does not help the specific work, but the opposite, but the opponent to torporate the opponent. The decisions were made in the EAAU consensus. Nazarbayev and Lukashenko could have allowed themselves to speak "Aliyev's concern" in the presence of the Russian president, but they did not have the weight and the ability to make a decision to torpedose, which was already made by the Russian leader.
2.) In his speech, Nazarbay said, again, I will reiterate the fact that the World Trade Organization has joined the World Trade Organization. Sargsyan also was well aware that not only Aliyev's application was in the folder set in front of Nazarbay, but in 2003. A copy of the official letter sent to the WTO on behalf of the Republic of Armenia during the membership. WHO, in full in the same context, and the same Azerbaijan's demand, still in 2002 He received a letter-assurance from official Yerevan, which, I think on behalf of our Foreign Ministry, reaffirmed that Armenia is a member of the WTO on its internationally recognized as well as joining the United Nations. Nicole said by the logic of the Alma-Ata Declaration.
Behold, President Sargsyan, being very well informed that the Nazarbayev's folder was also a copy of that letter sent to the WTO, preferred to remain silent. At the expense of one's own rating, but did not respond, receiving storm criticism inside the country.
In addition to not damaging Armenia's membership in the EAAA, it was not allowed to Nazarbayev with his reaction, removing Sargsyan from the folder and published in the presence of the media in response to 2002. A copy of the letter sent to the WTO on behalf of the Republic of Armenia. And in addition to damaging the RA state interests, it could raise a serious propaganda wave and hit the previous RA authorities and especially to Robert Kocharyan's reputation.
This was the reality.
PS: One of our journalists wrote to me that this information is a wonderful substantive material for journalistic investigation. I agree to at least for the story. But it is also an opportunity to think about the political and endless deal between state interests and personal reputation, personal reputation, morality and gratitude.
