Agreement on CSTO RRF formation propaganda maneuverFebruary 7, 2009 - 13:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The decision on formation of a CSTO rapid reaction force is a propaganda maneuver, meant to solution of some Russian momentary tasks, an Armenian military expert said. "At that, the tasks are psychological rather than political. As a matter of fact, this agreement is a delayed remedy for phantom pains caused by melting influence of a world power, an attempt to raise stakes in the Big Game. As result, we have nothing but one more CIS agreement ," Ruben Meghrabyan, expert at the Armenian center of political and international studies, told PanARMENIAN.Net The participant states do not possess essential transmission potential to respond in very short time frames to emergencies, i.e. the level of organization and material-technical support does not meet the proclaimed tasks, according to him. "The agreement is non-binding and useless," he said. "The signatories, scared by the toughening demands of the Russian Federation, joined the agreement in exchange of money they need more and more. This agreement is message to the West, a claim for respect," he said. "Meanwhile, it's too hard to fancy an Uzbek or Tajik special forces as Armenia's cooperative neighbors fighting against Azerbaijan or Turkey or Armenian paratrooper rebuffing a fundamentalist sortie in Pamir. It's too expensive and not serious," Meghrabyan said. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. |