Երեկվա իր ասուլիսի ընթացքում ԱՄՆ պետքարտուղարության մամլո խոսնակ Մարի Հարֆին ուշագրավ հարց են ուղղել այն մասին, թե արդյոք ԱՄՆ վերանայելու է իր քաղաքականությունը Հայաստանի հանդեպ՝ հաշվի առնելով վերջինի պրոռուսական քվեարկությունը ՄԱԿ-ում: Հարֆը կամ իրոք անակնկալի է եկել դրանից, այսինքն՝ իրոք անտեղյակ է եղել Հայաստանի նման քվեարկությունից (պատճառների մասին հետեւություններ անելը թողնում եմ ձեզ), կամ էլ, պարզապես «ցրել է»՝ հետաձգելով պատասխանը, եւ խնդիրը եղել է ընդամենը նման հարց հնչեցնելը, բայց ոչ դրան այս պահին պատասխանելը: Ստորեւ ներկայացնում եմ հարցուպատասխանի հատվածն ամբողջությամբ.
QUESTION: Last week, President Obama stated that United States and Europe stand united and Russia stands alone. But the last week’s UN General Assembly voting showed that Russia does not stand alone. There are countries that support Russia and --
MS. HARF: I think only 10 that voted with them, countries like Syria and Sudan and some not pretty good actors in the world.
QUESTION: Right, the countries that have anti-American foreign policy. But there are also countries like Armenia which claim to be allies with the United States, but apparently they’re not voting in favor of the U.S.-supported resolution. So do you anticipate any changes in foreign policy vis-a-vis countries like Armenia?
MS. HARF: Well, not that I’ve heard of, obviously. In terms of the UNGA vote, there were only 10 countries, as I said, that stood with Russia in voting no: Cuba, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, countries like that. So obviously, we thought it was important that 100 countries came together to vote yes for this resolution that was very clear in its condemnation of Russia.
Just today, we saw the NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels stating very clearly that the U.S. and Europe stand together with our NATO allies to say that what Russia has done is not acceptable, that they must not take further escalatory actions, and that in fact, we will take steps based on what they’ve already done, including today’s suspending military cooperation with Russia NATO has done – just announced recently. So I think the numbers speak for themselves in terms of the votes.
In terms of the Security Council vote, which you didn’t bring up but I’ve mentioned it a few times, we were able to get China to abstain from the vote and not stand with Russia in that vote. So again, I think that the world is very united in not standing with Russia here.
QUESTION: But you don’t anticipate anything vis-a-vis Armenia?
MS. HARF: I can check --
QUESTION: Like there’s a NATO partnership program.
MS. HARF: I can check with our team. Not that I’ve heard of, but I’m happy to check.
QUESTION: Thank you.