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    ARMENIA MUST SPEED UP MILITARY REFORMS TO BE READY FOR POSSIBLY DANGEROUS DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIAN-AZERI RELATIONS: POLITICAL EXPERT

    ArmInfo
    2008-07-08 17:43:00

    Armenia is still a dominating military force in the South Caucasus
    but it must speed up its military reforms not so much because of
    the growing military potential of Azerbaijan but mostly to be ready
    for possibly dangerous development of Russian-Azeri relations,
    says the expert of the Center for Strategic Analysis "Spectrum"
    Richard Giragosian.

    Armenia relies on Russia much too heavily. Meanwhile, the memorandum
    signed during the last visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
    to Azerbaijan implies a possible change in Russia's policy on the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Russian-Azeri relations are obviously
    improving. But it was the first time that Russia had shown so
    clearly that it was changing its traditional, responsible policy on
    Nagorno-Karabakh. This policy is good for Baku and must be a signal
    for Yerevan and Stepanakert.

    Armenia's key strategic mistake is that it attaches much too high
    importance to Russia. Armenia is inclined to overestimate its own
    significance for Russia and Russia's significance for itself. So,
    Armenia must adopt a new policy with respect to Russia - a policy
    that will make it Russia's equal ally rather than a country serving
    Moscow's interests.
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