ArmInfo."We live in a complex explosive region, we have four neighbors, with two of which are closed borders, one lacks diplomatic relations and there is a huge baggage of historical problems and mutual rejection, on the other hand, we have a situation of" no war, no peace. "But this is a potential war that can break out at any time. " This was in an interview with "Kommersant" said the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan.
According to him, any careless step in geopolitical priorities is a direct threat to the country's security. "Is it possible to talk about our security in another system of coordinates? How realistic is it? We will call all of us pro-Armenian politicians, but being pro-Armenian, we can be deeply mistaken in choosing priorities, so I would refrain from cliches" pro-Russian "or" pro-Western " "It's about how we perceive the coordinate system in which we are, whether we perceive it correctly, there were absolutely unacceptable steps, and now they are trying to correct it." It will be time to show how sincerely this is, "Kocharian said.
Touching upon the statements of RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that Armenia and Russia have a wonderful relationship, Kocharyan assured that Pashinyan is trying to correct the impression he left from his first steps and from all his previous activities. "When a politician said one thing before coming to power, and after the arrival of another, testifies to his inconsistency, this means that under certain circumstances he can similarly be reformatted." Such qualities are often encountered in politicians, but the difference between a politician and a statesman is that the latter, in making decisions, thinks for a long time, strategically, "Kocharian said, stressing that he does not understand the participation of the Armenian side at the level of the first person in the NATO summit in Brussels. "Participation for some selfie in the corridors," he said.
Responding to the remark that both Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev participated in NATO summits, Kocharian assured that these were other times. "I also participated in the NATO summit, but then there were more joint programs between Russia and NATO than with NATO and Armenia." There was no such confrontation, but a vector of interaction between the alliance and Russia. "In a situation where even contacts are broken, such stressed participation is a signal that was made because of a misunderstanding or deliberately, I do not know, but those who believe that we are on security issues in the coordinate system that most effectively ensures our security are concerned. b Troubles, "he concluded.