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IS GEORGIA LOOKING FOR NEW STRATEGIC PARTNER IN ARMENIA?
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
30.06.2009 18:27 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Saakashvili's visit to Armenia is not accidental,"
armenologist Aykazun Alvrtsyan told a news conference. According to
him, the main purpose of the Georgian President Saakashvili's visit
to Armenia is the search for a new strategic partner. The West
no longer wants to support Georgia, while Azerbaijan and Turkey
are more likely to create internal problems for Georgia, rather
than support it. The relationship with Russia deteriorated after
the Russian-Georgian war. "All steps of the Georgian President are
conditioned by helplessness Tbilisi, currently under pressure from
all sides," Aykazun Alvrtsyan said.
"Armenia and Georgia have never been strategic partners, we have had
just "good relations", "Georgia has had strategic partnerships with
Azerbaijan and Turkey, but never with Armenia. By visiting Armenia, the
Georgian president wanted to show that such relations are possible,"
Mr. Alvrtsyan said.
"Georgia now has strained relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan. For
each action related to these countries Georgia is striken back,"
he said.
In his opinion, Moscow is trying to isolate Tbilisi and show
its helplessness, a good example of this purchase of gas from
Azerbaijan. Georgia is now looking for a new way to communicate
with outside world, and Armenia is the only convenient way to attain
that goal.
Regarding awarding with Order of Honor Mikheil Saakashvili,
Mr. Alvrtsyan noted that Russia had to show its displeasure. "In
fact, Russia's strategic partner received its enemy, however there
have not been official statements from Moscow. I noticed only one
grave expression of Russian deputies which reflects mere illiteracy,
" expert said. According to him, Armenia has already faced a similar
reaction from Russia, when President Serzh Sargsyan, visited Georgia,
but no deterioration in the Armenian-Russian relations has been
recorded and on the contrary, relations have improved.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
30.06.2009 18:27 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Saakashvili's visit to Armenia is not accidental,"
armenologist Aykazun Alvrtsyan told a news conference. According to
him, the main purpose of the Georgian President Saakashvili's visit
to Armenia is the search for a new strategic partner. The West
no longer wants to support Georgia, while Azerbaijan and Turkey
are more likely to create internal problems for Georgia, rather
than support it. The relationship with Russia deteriorated after
the Russian-Georgian war. "All steps of the Georgian President are
conditioned by helplessness Tbilisi, currently under pressure from
all sides," Aykazun Alvrtsyan said.
"Armenia and Georgia have never been strategic partners, we have had
just "good relations", "Georgia has had strategic partnerships with
Azerbaijan and Turkey, but never with Armenia. By visiting Armenia, the
Georgian president wanted to show that such relations are possible,"
Mr. Alvrtsyan said.
"Georgia now has strained relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan. For
each action related to these countries Georgia is striken back,"
he said.
In his opinion, Moscow is trying to isolate Tbilisi and show
its helplessness, a good example of this purchase of gas from
Azerbaijan. Georgia is now looking for a new way to communicate
with outside world, and Armenia is the only convenient way to attain
that goal.
Regarding awarding with Order of Honor Mikheil Saakashvili,
Mr. Alvrtsyan noted that Russia had to show its displeasure. "In
fact, Russia's strategic partner received its enemy, however there
have not been official statements from Moscow. I noticed only one
grave expression of Russian deputies which reflects mere illiteracy,
" expert said. According to him, Armenia has already faced a similar
reaction from Russia, when President Serzh Sargsyan, visited Georgia,
but no deterioration in the Armenian-Russian relations has been
recorded and on the contrary, relations have improved.