Kocharian concerned over Pashinyan`s participation in NATO summit

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.