RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN RELATIONS THOSE OF DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE: KONSTANTIN
ZATULIN
MOSCOW, August 24. /ARKA/. Russian-Armenian relations are those of a
defensive alliance, and Azerbaijan must know that, Director of the
Institute of CIS Konstantin Zatulin told ARKA. According to him,
Azerbaijan is making use of the withdrawal of Russian troops from
Georgia for suspecting Armenia and Russia. "Though, as you can
understand, the distance between Armenia and Russia makes groundless
the claims that another group in Armenia will considerably change the
balance of forces in the region," Zatulin said. According to him,
even if Azerbaijan "is so much afraid of that," Russia can re-group
forces in its territory. "And nobody ban stop us," Zatulin said. P.T.
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ZATULIN
MOSCOW, August 24. /ARKA/. Russian-Armenian relations are those of a
defensive alliance, and Azerbaijan must know that, Director of the
Institute of CIS Konstantin Zatulin told ARKA. According to him,
Azerbaijan is making use of the withdrawal of Russian troops from
Georgia for suspecting Armenia and Russia. "Though, as you can
understand, the distance between Armenia and Russia makes groundless
the claims that another group in Armenia will considerably change the
balance of forces in the region," Zatulin said. According to him,
even if Azerbaijan "is so much afraid of that," Russia can re-group
forces in its territory. "And nobody ban stop us," Zatulin said. P.T.
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