Interview

"In that case, Armenia will find itself in a pinch and will be forced to change its guidelines." Hayrapetyan

The interlocutor of Radar Armenia is public figure Mikayel Hayrapetyan

- What do the process and results of the parliamentary elections in Georgia indicate?

- The process and results of the parliamentary elections held in Georgia testify to the maturity of the Georgian political electorate and the Georgian people and their being a state nation.

- The Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, has stated that integration into the European Union remains Georgia's main foreign policy priority for the coming years. Could these elections be an obstacle to EU integration?

- The Prime Minister of Georgia did not lie at all. The issue here is about areas, degrees, and speeds of integration. I listened to the mature interview with the Prime Minister of Georgia on Euronews. His deep understanding of the said integration and the civilization component amazed me. It is excluded that the results of these elections will be even a minor obstacle for the path and content of integration perceived by anyone who understands politics. As a state, Georgia successfully solves the problem of its orderly degree, the issue of status.

- What impact do the parliamentary elections in Georgia have on Armenia in the context of EU integration?

- If we don't go on adventures, the impact can be positive regarding balanced judgments and generation. The Bible says: "There is a time to throw stones and a time to collect stones. the time of salutation and the time of refraining from salutation.' Georgians have understood, and it would be good if we understood that Europe needs us no less than Europe needs us. On the contrary, the joke of the Belarussian dictator says that nobody needs Armenia.

- Aren't the claims that Armenia's path to the EU would be easier if the opposition won in Georgia exaggerated?

- Of course, they are exaggerated; you are right. Georgia, not violating the borders as much as possible, is following the path of internal Westernization. Whether Georgia or Armenia will be a part of civilized Europe when and in what way depends mainly on the rules to be established in the current global struggle for the new world order and never on the degree of suicidal madness of Georgia or Armenia, the vanguard.

- Will the United States and the EU impose sanctions on Georgia, and how will such a scenario affect Armenia?

- Correct, cosmetic, and highly formal sanctions are not excluded, which will be bypassed quickly, just as the fuel and energy sanctions against Russia are successfully bypassed through Baku and Ankara. So, the scenario of strict and substantive sanctions is almost wholly excluded. The only worrying thing is that entirely different forces can create a chaotic situation in Georgia, which will have a terrible effect on Armenia, as we saw in the first half of the 1990s. In that case, Armenia will find itself in a pinch and be forced to change its guidelines.

Hayk Magoyan