On October 23 the European Parliament voted for the amendments to the resolution on strengthening relations with the Eastern Partnership and progress and failures achieved so far.
The resolution inter alia dwells on two conflicts in the Eastern Partnership space. The resolution notes that the EU should be involve in the peace settlement of the conflicts more actively and reiterates its position on the occupation of territories of one state by another state. The resolution notes in particular that the settlement of the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh must be in line with the four UN SC resolutions of 1993.
The Armenian deputy foreign minister Shavarsh Kocharyan and Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov have commented on this resolution. Kocharyan said the resolution may affect the settlement adversely. Sharmazanov said the documents adopted before the ceasefire could not be referred because they have lost their force.
The reaction of the Armenian government to international politics and documents is funny. For example, the same government did not utter a single word when Russia and Turkey reiterated their commitment to the unlawful Treaty of Moscow signed in 1921. Under this treaty a significant part of the territories of Armenia were presented to Turkey and Azerbaijan. By the way, Sharmazanov should also note that this document was aimed against the rights of the Pontus Greeks.
Politics is not petty ruses as the Armenian government’s representatives of different calibers think, and that may work in Armenia but in international politics it will cost expensive. The government has been fooling around in foreign affairs for four years, so were Kocharyan and Sharmazanov doing, and they thought that would work.
Such things cannot be forgiven, and evidence is the EP resolution. Europe has met Armenia in every matter, all the Armenian issues were “adapted” to the process of preparation ahead of the association. Armenia finally had a chance to break away from the Russian-Turkish pincers and resolve its own problems with dignity. In return for that Armenia would be a serious factor in the region, starting to perform several important functions, namely Turkey’s containment, Iran-West dialogue and other issues. In other words, Armenia would become an important country.
Instead, the Armenian government and political class chose the way of shedding responsibility and ridding of bugbear, hoping to survive longer. But who will respect such a government? Such a government and the country it heads is marginal, an outcast which can be treated in any way.
As to the EP resolution, everything is highly logical. If Armenia rejects the way it has proposed, Europe is no longer responsible and should answer the political and moral blow. One of the counterattacks is this resolution which evokes the four UN resolutions and occupation.
The resolutions and documents in international politics have a so-called dual meaning. For the winner, that is the Armenian side, these four resolutions laid down the achievements of the Armenian armed forces. These four UN resolutions allowed avoiding human losses, the population of these territories were evacuated to Iran where the UN reception points were operating, and everything was in line with the international law.
For the loser side, which the Armenian side now is, the other message of these resolutions - “occupation” – is relevant, which has been laid down by the European Parliament.
