YEREVAN. – In mere diplomatic terms, it would have been better if Armenia either had abstained from voting or not voted on the UN General Assembly resolution that recognizes Ukraine’s territorial integrity and the inviolability of its borders. 

Political technologist Karen Kocharyan told the aforementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“If we [Armenia] vote in favor of territorial integrity, this means we have to vote also in favor of Azerbaijan’s ‘territorial integrity;’ that is, in this case we would vote against the precept of the self-determination of nations.

“Merely in terms interests, we should be more in favor of the precept of the self-determination of nations because we have a Karabakh issue. But in mere diplomatic terms, it would have been right to either not vote or abstain from voting [at the UN],” Kocharyan noted.

But he expressed confidence that this decision will in no way affect Armenian-Ukrainian relations which, in his view, will flare up, but nothing will happen.

“Since there is no direct conflict of interests between Armenia and Ukraine, it [i.e., Armenia’s vote at the UN] will not leave any further consequence,” the analyst said.

In his words, Armenia’s positions in the international arena are already fairly weak.

“The important thing is how we behave during various general international contacts and on keeping arrangements,” Karen Kocharyan noted.   

As reported earlier, Armenia was among the eleven countries that on Thursday voted against the UN General Assembly resolution which declares invalid Crimea’s recent referendum calling for joining Russia.

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