Don’t sell it to Azerbaijan
The signing of the Russian-Armenian agreement has created a new situation in the South Caucasus, says President of the Forum of Armenian Associations in Europe Ashot Grigoryan, adding that the situation will finally be clear after Medvedev's visit to Azerbaijan.
According to Grigoryan, the moods of Armenian society can be presented in the following way: the authorities and pro-government elements are extremely motivated, while others strictly doubt the situation.
"We think both sides must take an important step that they are not taking. We must equally fight against Russia selling the two C-300 military complexes to Azerbaijan. According to our data, there are Russian officials who are for and against the sale. If we read their statements, it is clear that they neither confirmed nor denied the sale."
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan also did a lot of lobbying for the deal along with Azerbaijan. But pro-Armenian forces in Moscow fought successfully against selling the weapon to Azerbaijan and the sale now depends on the results of the fight.
The Russian authorities will take a final decision in the next couple of months. What surprises us is the conciliatory policy of the Armenian government and political forces and the society's neutrality and tranquility," as stated in the statement.
The FAAE calls on the leaders of Armenian communities in Russia, lobbyists, Armenian associations, Armenian government officials and the society to oppose those selling the military complex to Azerbaijan and to demand respect the interests of Armenia as the most important strategic ally and resist the temptation of selling that weapon to Azerbaijan.
"The existence of this weapon was the main advantage of Armenia's military forces against Azerbaijan and the threats of Azerbaijan's president to attack Artsakh were ridiculous because no Azeri missile or plan could cross the border with Armenia in the presence of this complex. This was what kept the balance neutral in the South Caucasus and now it depends on Armenia whether the balance will shift or stay the same," says Ashot Grigoryan.
