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Re: Armenia and the information war
Why can't an Armenian company buy that pipeline before the stinking Azeris?
Why can't an Armenian company buy that pipeline before the stinking Azeris?
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Re: Armenia and the information war
Azerbaijan getting control of that pipeline sounds catastrophic.Comment
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Re: Armenia and the information war
Probably it will go to the highest bidder.Originally posted by Davo88 View Post
Initially it will be floated on the London Stock Exchange with the possibility of being taken over by the Azeri interests.
Fighting that would be a mugs game.
I think Armenia should state firmly any games with that pipeline and we shall retaliate, with BTC in mind ( and mean it).
I think they will see the daylight and the world will understand.Last edited by londontsi; 08-09-2010, 05:24 AM.Politics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interestsComment
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Too late, her father and brothers already did this.Originally posted by ArmeniaR View PostComment
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Yes it does not inspire confidence.Originally posted by Muhaha View Post
It depends what would follow and indeed what they have in mind.
We do not know so we have the right to guess !!
Blocking the pipeline would be an act of war.
A foreign ( or a local ) financial concern cannot engage in hostile activity without effecting the third country's status.
That's why the third country would ( should) take necessary action to a counter being dragged into situations it does not want to be in.
If the third country "willingly" cooperates then it is participating in the act of war.
Armenia would have the right to ask for assistance from it's allies.
Azeris could ask for higher transit fees.
There is precedence for this ( I think currently its 10% of volume).
Poor maintenance could be an issue ( Azeris drive the pipeline to the ground).
Much longer stretch of the pipeline runs in Russia therefore they have financial interest and they would be involved ( financially and politically).
Another possibility is during various Azeri posturing for war, Armenia has directly and indirectly threatened to strike at the BTC pipeline ( in a war situation).
Could this be their insurance policy, by blocking it only during a war in retaliation as well as dragging Georgia into the war.Last edited by londontsi; 08-09-2010, 08:03 AM.Politics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interestsComment
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Re: Armenia and the information war
Now that you mention it, it certainly does sound like an "equalizer"...
Armenia should find and construct alternative gas pipelines that go through other countries in order to neutralize the risk presented by Azerbaijan's control of the Russia-Armenia pipeline.Comment
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Re: Armenia and the information war
Another article saying mostly the same stuff.
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Azerbaijan Likely To Acquire Stake in Russia-Armenia Gas Pipeline
A source in the Georgian government has confirmed information that the North-South (Mozdok-Tblisi-Yerevan) pipeline which links Russia and Armenia will likely be acquired in part by the Azerbaijan state oil and gas company (SOCAR), the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reports.
According to Hurriyet, the newspaper's sources in Tblisi said "Because of the economic crisis, Georgia has decided to take the North-South pipeline off the list of strategic assets not to be privatized. Observers in Tblisi say the new owner of the pipeline is 99 percent likely to be SOCAR".
"Last month, the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev conducted negotiations on the topic with Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili", the newspaper's journalists wrote.
According to the article, this means Baku will control the tap of Armenian energy.
"Yerevan is seriously concerned that the gas pipeline may end up in the hands of Azerbaijan", the article says.
On 6 July, the Georgian parliament passed a bill in the first reading which excludes the pipeline from the list of strategic assets.
Pavel Kublashvili, an MP from the ruling party, proposed the pipeline be sold.
He said private investors were better than the state at managing any enterprise and "no enterprise should be an exception".
Copyright 2010, 1news.az. All rights reserved.Comment
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Re: Armenia and the information war
Why can't Armenia just go Mossad on some of the key players involved in this. It works for Israel.Comment
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Would you like to name a few.Originally posted by Muhaha View PostPolitics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interestsComment
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I don't know any. Are you asking me because you want to know or because you disagree with my suggestion?Originally posted by londontsi View PostComment
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