Monday, December 27 2021 17:03

ArmInfo. Tensions between Russia and the West have resulted in the possibility of  complementarity being sharply narrowed or non-existent. Second  President of Armenia Robert Kocharian stated this at a press  conference on December 27.

He recalled that during his presidency, a policy of complementarity  was proclaimed, but then in the Russia- NATO relations Russia had  more plans with NATO than Armenia.

"There was a special Russia-NATO council. This means that we must  more clearly define what we want.  I still do not understand the  logic and direction of our foreign policy. A very simple example: the  United States is organizing a so-called democratic conference.  Obviously, this is an anti-Russian and anti-Chinese initiative. What  are we going to do there? For the sake of some 3-minute empty speech,  we entered a format directed against a strategic ally that ensures  the security of our borders, why are we participating in an event  against this country? I have no explanation, "Kocharian noted,  expressing his conviction that this is an attempt to revive a trend  that had a rather powerful potential after the collapse of the USSR.

According to the second President of the Republic of Armenia, then  the idea was that by democratizing the whole world, it would be  possible to make it more predictable and secure.

"But then there were color revolutions with catastrophic  consequences, there was the Arab spring, there was an invasion of  Iraq, Afghanistan also with the consequences of a natural disaster,  there was the torture of Guantanamo. This myth is no longer believed.  Now, putting all this aside, we cheerfully entered the process in  order to get "present",  Kocharian noted, while expressing the  conviction that if the confrontation in West-Russia relations  intensifies and gets extreme manifestations, Armenia Armenia may get  in the middle of it, unless we have a strong army and a solid  security system.

Kocharian believes that the goal of the West is to withdraw Russia  from this region, or at least significantly reduce their influence in  this region.

To clarify whether this means that the vector of foreign policy  should be directed exclusively towards the Russian Federation,  Kocharian about the advisability of participating in an event that  has a frankly anti- Russian orientation.

"There are many other formats where the anti-Russian orientation is  not emphasized. You cannot jump headlong into a carriage that goes in  a different direction. This has nothing to do with your participation  in the CSTO, the EAEU. Decide where you are. Of course, a balance  must be maintained, but do those people who must maintain this  balance understand what a balance is?", he summed up.