Addressing the EPP summit in Brussels, Serzh Sargsyan underlined that there is no alternative to reasonable concessions in the peace settlement of the Karabakh issue mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group.
It is not the first time Serzh Sargsyan dwelt on concessions. Moreover, once, he stated that Aghdam is not our homeland.
Almost the entire political class of Armenia, the opposition and government, build their attitude to the Karabakh issue on “compromise”. There are no other ideas or proposals. In Armenia, compromise is considered a sign of a good political tone and wisdom but the most important thing is sincere belief. Noting else could be expected taking into account the quality of the class composed of conformists, adventurers and political criminals servicing the criminal-oligarchic system for a long time now.
Judging by leaks, the West is felt likely to accelerate some agreement on the Karabakh issue to implement different projects in the region. In the case of Armenia, a “small concession” is required, like the European Union and U.S. officials hinted, in return for economic and political projects. Besides, it was hinted to Serzh Sargsyan in Brussels that they will give no money for the development of Armenia’s economy unless real reforms are carried out.
Nevertheless, the question if the West insists on “reasonable concessions” in the Karabakh issue in its programs with Armenia is still open. In case of radical domestic reforms in Armenia this demand is doubtless. The Armenian government does not go beyond declarative statements, makes no specific steps that would force the West to give an “ultimatum”.
In this sense, it is not ruled out that the “reasonable concession” is just an attempt of the Armenian power to “compensate” for the lack of reforms. More, it is not even ruled out that the Karabakh issue may again become a key factor in home developments to keep the situation under control ahead of the presidential elections.
But the times of “nimbleness” is past. Armenia needs domestic reform or we will miss prospects of development being forced to carry out “reasonable concessions”. No one will invest in a country where the authorities are ready to do whatever they can to strengthen their foothold Serzh Sargsyan, addressing the EPP summit in Brussels, underlined that the peace settlement of the Karabakh issue within the OSCE Minsk Group based on reasonable concessions has no alternative.
It is not the first time Serzh Sargsyan is dwelling on concessions. Moreover, once, he stated that Aghdam is not our homeland.
In general, almost the whole political class of Armenia, the opposition and government, build their attitude towards the Karabakh issue on “compromises”. There are no other ideas or proposals. In Armenia, the compromise is considered a sign of a good political tone and wisdom, but the most important - it is sincere belief. Noting else could be expected taking into account the quality of the class composed of conformists, adventurers and political criminals, which has long become a servant of the criminal-oligarchic system.
Judging by the news leakages, the feeling is that the West is going to accelerate some agreement in the Karabakh issue to implement different projects in the region. In case of Armenia, a “small concession” is required, like the European Union and U.S. officials hinted, in exchange of economic and political projects. Besides, Serzh Sargsyan was hinted in Brussels that they will give no money for the development of Armenia’s economy unless real reforms are carried out.
Nevertheless, the question whether the West insists on “reasonable concessions” in the Karabakh issue in its programs with Armenia is still open. In case of a radical reform in the home life of Armenia, this demand is doubtless. In this question, the Armenian power, besides declarative statements, has done no concrete step, which generated the West’s “ultimatum”.
In this sense, it is not ruled out that the “reasonable concession” is just a try of the Armenian power to “compensate” for the lack of reforms. More, it is not even ruled out that the Karabakh issue can again be made an axis factor of the home developments of which to control the situation prior to the presidential elections.
But the times for being “nimble” have ended. The home life of Armenia needs to either reform or we will lose any development prospect being forced to carry out “reasonable concessions”. No one will invest in a country where the authorities are ready to do everything they can to strengthen the criminal-oligarchic positions.
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