Yeghiazar Ayntaptsi, in his political analysis mentions the Armenian government’s neutral attitude towards the Arab spring events unless they reached Syria, where there is a big Armenian diaspora rich in economic infrastructures and political effects.
Ayntaptsi states the government decided to move when the blood sharing reached the Armenian residences and nonetheless official Yerevan was not initiating feasible ways of supporting and securing the Syrian Armenians and the Armenian embassy in Syria was busy with organizing events on the Armenian independence day.
Now Yerevan seems to have distorted its silence. The proof is Serzh Sargsyan’s upcoming visit to Syria. The situation in middle-eastern regions has gone out of control and Syrian turbulences are beyond Syrian boundaries already. Israel threatens Gaza with military intervention and Yerevan must have eventually comprehended the geopolitical urgent developments take place not in Indonesia, Philippines, Latin America or elsewhere, but closer than they could imagine. Ayntaptsi says Serzh Sargsyan got the agreement to get engaged in the middle-eastern turbulences and perhaps a guarantee from France that Armenia will not be alone on the front line.
Ayntaptsi concludes France by all means has its own interests in promoting Armenia into these activities, but considering Armenian-French friendly ties, it is hopeful to think French interests will overall coincide with the Armenian ones.
