Comments on: Armenian bloggers call for Foreign Minister Nalbandian’s resignation

By: Haro

Haro — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:22:22 +0000

At this junction of history, our best hope of transport and land communication is still the North. Turks, together with NATO clearly know this fact, and they know that to weaken Russia they need to control Georgia first. They somehow failed that plan, and NATO being far away has retracted from this idiotic maneuver. The Turks however do not learn their lessons quickly, they still see the South of Georgia as a vulnerable point through which they can weave their strategies, if it were not the Armenian population in Javakhk. Georgian population is in very unfavorable situation, while their president is a puppet of the West, NATO and Turks.
It is understandable that Armenians do not favor Sahagishvili, but we can always improve our brotherhood with the Georgian people. This is the only hope for both Armenians and Georgians. Javakhk must work through Georgian people, instead of their ruling party. Recent ideas of introducing a federative infrastructure in Georgia is quite practical solution for both Georgia and Armenia. Also, as in the past 2 decades, Armenia must help ease the conflict between Russia and Georgia.
These are some of the constructive tasks that need to be addressed for the landlocked Armenia, and not try to beat the odds with an archaic enemy, who has already committed a Genocide against us and does not refrain from doing it again.
And yes, Nalbadyan must step down, and be replaced by a more able foreign policy agenda.

By: Haro

Haro — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:40:22 +0000

And please keep the borders close in the East and the West, and work to improve the North and South channels. On a sphere you can have geodesies can go in any direction, not necessarily through Turks.

By: Haro

Haro — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:32:25 +0000

SOLUTION != CAPITULATION.
I was not doubting Serge Sargsyan, if he had signed any documents in Moscow, it would have made the situation a Damoclean Sword for him. We did that once before for the first president of RA.
Any solution on the negotiation table must be acceptable to all Armenians, i.e. RA, RNK and Diaspora. This is not a decision of Serge Sargsyan alone.

By: Haro

Haro — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:07:37 +0000

It depends by what it is meant by solution. If the so called “solution” is simply the capitulation of Armenians, certainly it becomes a solution for Turks, but a disaster for Armenians. For me a “solution” should be beneficial to both sides. At the current rate of historic events, between Turks and Armenians, the Turks need to compromise much more. They need to recognize the Armenian Genocide, they need to return a considerable amount of land (including the Ararat mountain), they need to repay to Armenian people at least half a trillion USD as a compensation to the damage done in the past. Once all of these are completed, they should also guarantee the well being of Armenia to gain the confidence of their neighbor, only then we can call the situation a solution, and yes, we can live in peace together as neighbors.

By: Observer

Observer — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:18:11 +0000

Haro, this exact position is the reason why there is no solution in Karabakh. If Serzh Sargsian keeps on insisting on this stance, there is no point in holding negotiations. Is that what you want?

By: Haro

Haro — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:46:54 +0000

Also, there may be a link between the recent issue of UN Peace keeping forces leaving Georgia and Karabagh status issue. They may have a plan of switching peace keeping forces from Georgia to Karabagh. That is the compromise that the Russians took under USA and EU pressure.

By: Haro

Haro — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:42:40 +0000

When they ask us to withdraw from 5 regions for the price of peace, it’s like asking a man that we have to cut either your arms and legs or your head. As if cutting the arms and legs is a much more acceptable choice, knowing that once they do that, then they can cut your head with much more ease.
We cannot comprise not even a inch from Arstakh. In fact, we should demand more lands from Azerbeijan and Turkey.

By: Archuk

Archuk — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:53:34 +0000

When I said we need to make Armenia a better place to ‘leave’ I actually meant live)))

By: Observer

Observer — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:06:02 +0000

The poster is pretty dumb, I admit – but it is funny too – don’t you think?

By: Archuk

Archuk — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:41:54 +0000

I don’t understand who this banner is addressed to? Europe, America&Co don’t speak the language you are addressing them with any more, to them Armenia is not better than Turkey or Azerbaijan and the very opposite is actually true -we have nothing to offer for the resources of our bigger neighbours; until 1995 we had a ‘newborn’ democracy to offer, then we lost that as well. China, India are not involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process anyway. Iran? Oh, please, don’t make me laugh, Iran thinks karabakh belongs to them, same as Russia that thinks we all belong to them.
Now, I think last 200 years of begging for help haven’t done us any good, noone likes beggers and noone respects them.
And for the matter of fact, someone has to get up and say ‘WE HAVE TO WITHDRAW FROM THE 5 REGIONS’,if the peace deal guarantees Armenian Karabakh with a land link to Armenia with proper security guarantees, then why not? Agdam is not Armenian and we today have as much right to claim it as Sasun and Mush, which I’m sure we all would love to have, but we understand that it is unrealistic.
We need peace, we need open borders, we need security of not fearing war all the time, we need to make Armenia a better place to leave and until we have the Karabakh unresolved it’s impossible.

By: nazarian

nazarian — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:25:14 +0000

Jeez. Who should vstavay? Dumbasses.

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Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:43:35 +0000

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By: Tigran Kocharyan

Tigran Kocharyan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:01:26 +0000

Dear Artur
Please correct some non-correct points
In my russian-language blog(Pigh)I have asked bloggers either place the statement in their blogs or leave a comment expressing agreement with the statement. 47 bloggers placed announcement about hundred agreed in my blog. So far number of 150(mentioned in my english-language) is true.

By: Micha

Micha — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:55:49 +0000

This is just a bullshit. “Vstavay Iran … vstavay …” my ass… you dumbasses. Can’t you invent somthing more catchy and credible. What the hell is this banner about ?

By: Citizen

Citizen — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:27:00 +0000

Where were nearly all these bloggers when Serzh and Robert were assassinating our fellow Armenians downtown Yerevan and thus making a big room for pressure by “superpowers” so that the latter states can get their desired results in terms of NKR issue?

Also, the above picture resembles Khrimyan Hayrik’s cries towards Europe. I’d rather suggest to cry on “our” authorities who are now in their positions also due to gigantic efforts of some of the above bloggers…