Till yesterday Armenia has been neutral over the conflict between Georgia and Russia, which was definitely the best choice in this hard situation. However, the ice of neutrality was broken yesterday and as the president’s office informs the president had a phone conversation with Russian president Dmitri Medvedev and expressed condolences for the peaceful civilians and Russian victims resulted from the war. It is clear that the problem is not whether he would tell those words to Medvedev but whether he would tell those words just directly to Medvedev. If the conflicting parties are our strategic ally and our strategic neighbor, then it is logical that we had to also express condolences to Georgia as well. This would be the only option that would comply with the principles of good policy and humanism. During the war in South Ossetia not only Russian people died, but Georgians as well. Even many of those who died there did not know whether they were bombed by Russians or Georgians. Whatever is said the Armenian people, which was said to express condolences, feels sorry and expresses condolences not only to Russians but Georgians as well.
