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Армянский оппозиционер призывает власти усилить пророссийский вектор во внешней политик

Армянский оппозиционер призывает власти усилить пророссийский вектор во внешней политик

25 November 2011

Власти Армении запутались в своих внешнеполитических приоритетах, ни в чем никому не отказывая, выражая готовность вступать во все возможные международные структуры. Эта политика, по ошибке называемая комплементаризмом, себя уже исчерпала.  Такое мнение в интервью АрмИнфо выразил лидер оппозиционной партии "Новые времена" Арам Карапетян.

По его словам, за 20 лет независимости Армения постоянно куда-то вступала, то в НАТО стремилась в начале 90-х, то в ОДКБ, то демонстрирует приверженность европейским ценностям. "Но чего мы достигли за эти годы?! Что мы получили?! Экономики как таковой нет, половина жителей уехала из страны, и единственное достижение - это победа в Арцахской войне. Во внешней политике царит полная неразбериха. Момент истины настал. Руководство Армении находится сейчас в очень неловкой ситуации. Они вынуждены сделать выбор, поскольку дальше заигрывать с мировыми силовыми центрами уже невозможно", - отметил он.

Оппозиционер считает, что наиболее целесообразным направлением внешней политики Армении в сегодняшних условиях является пророссийский вектор - между двумя странами исторически уже сложились те отношения, что Армения и армяне воспринимается в сознании русских как "свои".  Он считает, что в отличие от России, Европейский союз сегодня явно не в состоянии вкладывать инвестиции в Армению, развивать экономику, учитывая его огромные финансовые трудности.  Подтверждением этому является тот факт, что ЕС сегодня просит у Китая и России кредитов, чтобы удержать евро. "Есть реалии, которые, на мой взгляд, невозможно игнорировать. Армения к сожалению, никогда, кроме периода правления Тиграна Великого, в политическом плане не была самодостаточной. Если сделать краткий исторический экскурс, то можно увидеть, что многие армянские цари назначались со стороны крупных в то время держав - Вавилона, Парфянской империи, Рима, Византии.  Армения и сегодня не имеет тех политических и, тем более, экономических ресурсов, чтобы жить и развиваться, не будучи инкорпорированной в какую-либо глобальную структуру", - заявил Карапетян.

Что касается отношениям с Россией, то по мнению Карапетяна, у нас нет необходимости уговаривать русских вкладывать здесь инвестиции - они сами осознают необходимость развивать армянскую экономику. К тому же Россия обладает всеми видами полезных ископаемых, известных человечеству.

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