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    FORMER RA PRIME MINISTER CONSIDERS INADEQUATE RUSSIA'S RESPONSE TO
    GEORGIA IN AUGUST WAR

    YEREVAN, OCTOBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The August events in the Caucasus
    gave nothing good either to Georgia or to Armenia and Azerbaijan.
    Therefore launching military operations in the Tskhinvali region should
    not be welcomed. Both aggression against Tskhinvali and the inadequate
    response were inadmissible. The conclusion is that the result was bad
    for everybody and it is impossible to solve anything through military
    operations in the Caucasus. By the way, even without Tskhinvali it was
    clear that it is this way historically. Wars in the Caucasus have never
    given a victory to anyone. This was the evaluation former RA Prime
    Minister Hrant Bagratian gave to the August war of Russia and Georgia
    at the online press conference organized by the Caucasus Journalists
    Network.

    Estimating recognition of Abkhazia's and Ossetia's independence by
    Russia, the former Prime Minister said that it met Russia's
    geopolitical goals, therefore it is normal from Russian point of view.
    On the other hand, it shows that Georgia should have seriously attended
    to Abkhazians and Ossetians, respected human rights, nations'
    self-determination right and tried to find a solution within the
    framework of territorial integrity. Unfortunately, it failed for this
    or that reason.

    According to H. Bagratian, there are no much changes in Armenia's
    position to Georgia after the August events. "One thing is clear that
    Armenian-Georgian economic cooperation will decrease a little after
    August, as at the worst, the land way to Russia is firmly closed. As to
    estimation of relations between Russia and Abkhazia, to put it in the
    diplomatic language, the fact of Russian-Abkhazian sea communication is
    an "agreement to disagreement," he stated.

    Answering the question about the guarantees that Russia will not be
    able to involve Armenia in the conflict against Georgia, H. Bagratian
    said that "knowing Armenians I can say that we as if genetically bear
    the code of friendship with the Georgians. At that, I do not conceal
    that we like to tell various anecdotes about each other. I suppose that
    the Russians also understand these niceties. And I exclude for all
    these three peoples, Armenians, Georgians, Russians the possibility of
    provocations for the purpose of aggravating Armenian-Georgian
    relations." He also refuted the rumors that "during the latest events
    Russian bomber pilots took off from the territory of Armenia,"
    mentioning that according to his data, nothing of the kind had happened.

    In H. Bagratian's opinion, Georgia's geopolitical position plays "the
    most immediate role" in Armenian-Georgian relations. He considers that
    Georgian-Armenian relations in the region can be considered as model
    ones. "Georgia is one of our four neighbors and the only Christian
    state among them. Our two peoples during two thousand years practically
    did not make any serious claims regarding territory to each other," the
    former Prime Minister noted.
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