Independence is indigestible food for societies enslaved with 30  silver pieces

ArmInfo. Armenia`s authorities are consciously engaging in a process with no chance of victory, Tigran Abrahamyan, ex-advisor for defense to the President  of Artsakh and member of the With Honor opposition parliamentary  faction, stated as he commented on the nascent process of  normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations. 

According to him, the most precarious part of the "half-secret  normalization process" is not the negotiator proper. 

"No matter whether a person is a good or bad swimmer if such one find  himself in the center of a tsunami in the sea. The problem is that  Armenia`s authorities are consciously engaging in a process with no  chance of victory. Armenia`s government is not only well aware Turkey  is launching this process with preconditions, but, well aware of the  aftermath, is embarking upon this gamble," Abrahamyan said.  He  points out the fact that the process is being accompanied by a  propaganda campaign aimed at relegating the regional and geopolitical  security issues to the background and employing the socio-economic  factor.  "The most effective way of persuading people. But no  prosperity without security," the MP said.  In his turn, the  ex-vice-speaker of Armenia`s Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov expressed  his regret that many people if Armenia`s society have not drawn any  lessons. 

"Independence is indigestible food for societies enslaved with 30  silver pieces. I have repeatedly stated that his [Nikol Pashinyan`s]  re-election will result in Armenia losing its sovereignty and  entering on the path of turning into 'Ermenistan' [Turkish name for  Armenia]. But who listened to me? A man of genius, Nzhdeh was  absolutely right when he said that it is ourselves that are the cause  of our disasters," Sharmazanov said.  All the problems have been  resolved in Armenia and the only thing that remains is to appoint a  negotiator for normalization of relations with Turkey, he added with  irony.

No matter who is the person to act as Armenia`s special  representative, because "Armenia will lose everything with the  defeatist prime minister." 

"Armenians have been deprived of the larger part of Artsakh, Shushi,  Hadrut,, 5,000 lives of heroes, and are being fed with Eurovision  scenes instead, with the 'proud' society feeling glad. We may be  worthy of it.  A wise man once said: 'when you do not appreciate  national achievements, you will be severely punished," Sharmazanov  said.  

On December 18, Vahan Hunanyan, Spokesperson for Armenia`s foreign  office, reported that Ruben Rubinyan, Vice-President of the RA  National Assembly, had been appointed Armenia`s special  representative to the negotiations with Turkey. 

Turkey will be representative by Serdar Kilic, a professional  diplomat and ex-ambassador of Turkey to the United Sates, who has  experience in working for the National Security Service of Turkey.   Thus, an experienced Turkish diplomat will negotiate with an  inexperienced Armenian official, who came to power due to the velvet  revolution. Experts believes the mission Mr Rubinyan, one of Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan`s circle, will be executing the premier`s  orders and signing all the papers previously agreed on.