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Due to Azerbaijan’s Mistakes, Armenia Strengthened Its Position in Foreign Policy – Richard Giragosian

Richard Giragosian

“On the whole, compared with the previous year, Armenia has strengthened its positions in foreign policy, but much initiative is needed for maintaining these positions. Armenia’s positions became even stronger due to Azerbaijan’s mistakes,” said Richard Giragosian.

http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2012/12/26/kirakosyan/

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Armenian Political Analyst Forecasts End of Oligarch Era

Richard Giragosian

Speaking about foreign policy results of 2012, Richard Giragosian mentioned end of the oligarchs’ era, successful reforms in the context of EU talks, parliamentary elections, characterizing them as “good, but not good enough”, poor socio-economic situation and unacceptable number of army incidents.

http://news.am/eng/news/134050.html

http://news.am/rus/news/134050.html (in Russian)

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Is the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Not Opposition, and Is the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Not an Alternative?

“The PAP doesn’t have an adequate candidate, and the decision of Levon Ter-Petrossian, the first president, was a wise one. We don’t know whether there was a strategic plan for this decision,” Mr. Giragosian said. He is convinced that the decision of the PAP and the ANC reflects the problem of the Armenian political system.

http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/12/26/145052/

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Russian “making mistakes” in relations with Armenia - analyst. BBC Monitoring International Reports

Richard Giragosian has said that Russia is “making mistakes” in ties with Armenia, as it does not respect Armenia as a reliable partner. He said that during his visit to Armenia, Russian President Vladimir Putin would visit Armenia after the 2013 presidential election and raise the price of Russian gas supplied to Armenia. Considering Armenia’s ties with the EU, Russia, and the USA, Giragosian said that Armenia should be neither pro-Russian nor pro-American, but pro-Armenian.

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-312492397/russian-making-mistakes-relations.html

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The Imperative to Ease Tension in the South Caucasus

With the recent passing of the fifth anniversary of the Georgia-Russia war, there is growing concern over the deteriorating security situation in the South Caucasus, as tension has been mounting. Unlike the August 2008 war between Georgia and Russia, however, the escalating risk of renewed hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Karabakh ahas been obvious for sometime. And with no excuse for ignoring these distressing signs of a danger of war, the international community must adopt a more assertive campaign to pressure all sides to “climb down” and de-escalate tension. At the same time, there are specific steps by the parties to the conflict themselves that can be taken to both cease and desist from what now seems to be a new cycle of conflict.

http://caucasusedition.net/analysis/the-imperative-to-ease-tension-in-the-south-caucasus/

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