The Republic of Armenia was formed on September, twenty first of 1991. Armenia identifies as a democratic state that controls its power through a constitution and laws based on a separation of legislative, judicial and executive branches. The current head of state is Serzh Sargsyan. Armenia is on moderate terms with most of its neigbors, excluding Turkey and Azerbaijan. Armenia currently has military occupation in the surrounding regions due to the Nagorno- Karabakh break-up. Since 1994, the border between Turkey and Armenia has been closed because of the fighting over this region. Many refugees from Azerbaijan have made life in Armenia, though about ninety-seven percent of the people living in Armenia are Armenian. Armenia has a population of about 2,967,975 and a population growth rate of 0.063 percent. The major religion is Armenian Apostolic, considering that Armenia was the first country to formally adopt Christianity as its religion.
Armenia’s main guidelines for nation stabilization are to focus on economic stabilization and to further accelerate structural reforms. The Armenian government hopes to achieve these reforms through the privatization of the energy sector and budgetary sphere. First, we want to further the GDP growth and reduce the consolidated deficit of the state budget against the GDP. They also plan to reduce the average monthly inflation and increase the real average wages. Our government is also working to improve the system of target social protection and increase exports. These economic reforms are determined by the support of the international community. Our government’s strategy pushes the gradual decreasing of humanitarian assistance and pursues a trade liberalization strategy. Another focus for stabilization is to combat poverty by providing a stimulus to the mechanisms that will lead to rapid economic growth. The economic growth is the main stabilization point for Armenia because the economy is so bad. We feel that this is an important issue but we do not have to resources to do much about it in our own country let alone on a world stage.
The Armenian economy is very poor. We were ranked number two by Forbes Magazine in 2011 for the worst economy. After successfully growing for a couple of years, Armenia fell into a recession and our GDP fell by fourteen percentage points. A combination of things has worsened the problem. We have an inflation rate at 7 percent; our GDP is three thousand less than the majority of our neighboring country of Turkey; in the past we have been successful in the diamond processing industry, dependent on Russia for the diamonds. Recently Russia has lessened the flow of diamonds hurting this industry in Armenia. Thought the EU’s economy is an important issue for its trade partners, a major one being The United States of America, the EU economy has little influence on the our economy. There is a bigger economic problem outside of the EU and it has a more pressing need to be addressed.
Private military firms are not very present in Armenia. We only recently established a Ministry of Defense in 1992. We have had a lot of unrest in our country and it has been very hard to control our military let alone establish connections with private military firms. Because of the issues we have with Turkey there has been a lot or fighting in and just outside Armenia. Private military firms maybe the answer to our problem. Our Military is still quite new, unskilled and unorganized. Private military firms could help end the fighting. We would not oppose private military help provided by the UN thought it is not economically feasible for us at the moment.
Of course we support the UN efforts to end terrorism in the World though we do not have the resources to aid them. Armenian terrorism groups were part of an ongoing resistance to foreign conquerors. Although the United Nations currently does not have a clear definition of terrorism; we understand the western view and will be referring to it during our discussions. We sympathize with traditional forms of “terrorism” because of the oppression we have suffered at the hands of other nations. Armenian Christianity has survived waves of repression and repeated massacre. We are currently in a time of relative peace and prosperity. Terrorism is considered an isolated attack on a curtain group or organization; usually an assassinations with the intent of spreading a message. Were the Armenian terrorists in the 1980’s really terrorists? By trying to limit foreign control they have improved the lives of many. Should terrorists, only be considered terrorists if they seeks personal gain for one specific group? The Armenian terrorists were trying to free an entire nation from the grasp of tyrants. The “terrorists” that refused to be conquered are nationalists, protecting their country not terrorists. A new type of terrorism has developed in the past thirty years that has led to national concern and confusion. Attacks on western ideas are at the heart of much of these conflicts, and we support the West in their resolve to eliminate terrorist organizations.
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