Thursday, August 23 2018 11:47

ArmInfo. During the visit to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Chancellor of Germany will have to balance between interests and values, writes DW.

The publication states that the first scandal erupted before the  beginning of the tour Merkel. "It's amazing:  Angela Merkel has  endured that Azerbaijan has forbidden her, the leader of the fourth  largest economic power planet, to come to Baku accompanied by one of  the deputies of the German parliament, who also represents her own IDU party, Albert Weiler ), who occupies the post of deputy chairman  of the parliamentary group for Trans Caucasus in the Bundestag, after  visiting Georgia and Armenia, he will have to leave the aircraft of  the German Chancellor, Merkel decided not to cancel her visit to the  Azerbaijani capital her entire trip to the region, "the publication  notes.

DW notes that the official representative of the German government,  Steffen Seibert, informed them that "weighing all the circumstances"  led to the conclusion that the visit to Azerbaijan "makes sense and  is important." As for Wailer himself, who was banned from entry due  to his trip to Nagorno-Karabakh, he said in an interview with the  newspaper that he repeatedly suggested that after visiting the  disputed territory from the Armenian side, he would also examine the  line of confrontation on the part of Azerbaijan.  Authorities in  Baku, having inflated this whole story, have themselves harmed  themselves, the deputy believes.

At the same time, the German edition is convinced that the theme of  Russia will play a big role when visiting Armenia. "The leader of the  opposition, Nikol Pashinyan, became her new prime minister in May on  the wave of the" velvet revolution. "He undertook reforms and  declared war on corruption, while he repeatedly repeated that he  wanted to maintain close relations with Russia in the field of  economy, and in the security sector, Germany should signal to Armenia  that "we are following with great attention the process of change  that has begun, as they are clearly directed towards European norms,"  Uwe Halbach noted in a conversation with DW, describing Merkel's key  task in Yerevan. It's not an easy thing to support Armenian appeal to  European values in every possible way, without provoking Moscow, and  Angela Merkel will lay a wreath at the monument of the victims of the  Armenian Genocide when in 2016 the Bundestag described the killing of  about 1 , 5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire a century ago as  a genocide, this led to a sharp conflict with Ankara. "It is  necessary to carefully monitor whether the German Chancellor will  pronounce the word" genocide "in Yerevan," the newspaper writes.

The DW also notes that on the agenda of Merkel's meetings in Baku  there will be such issues as human rights and gas, and in Georgia  successful reforms and non-accession to NATO.

Also, the agenda of Merkel's visit to Yerevan became known, according  to the media, she will arrive in Armenia at noon on August 24, where  her talks with Armenian President Armen Sargsyan and Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan are planned. A source in the German government said  that after Pashinyan led the government as a result of large-scale  demonstrations, "a positive agenda" is observed in relations between  states. "From our point of view, now is a good time to visit this  country," noted in Berlin. Merkel will also meet with Catholicos of  All Armenians Garegin II and visit the Tsitsernakaberd memorial  complex.