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RUSSIA WAS ABLE TO CREATE SUCH A SITUATION SO THAT NEITHER ARMENIA NOR AZERBAIJAN CAN TAKE ANY STEP WITHOUT IT: HERITAGE
Times.am
Aug 24 2010
Armenia
Russia has during the recent years managed settling its affairs in
the Transcaucasian region and become an equally acceptable power for
both Armenia and Azerbaijan, Deputy Chief of the Heritage Party Ruben
Hakobyan told in a joint press conference with head of the Heritage
parliamentary faction Styopa Safaryan.
"Russia was able to create such a situation so that neither Armenia
nor Azerbaijan can take any step without it. This is rather a serious
result in diplomacy Russia has during the recent two years registered,"
said Mr Hakobyan.
In his words Stepan Safaryan did not consider Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev's visit to Azerbaijan following his visit to Armenia as a
coincidence. But judging by the name of the documents to be signed
between Azerbaijan and Russia are not more important that the ones
signed in 2008.
"For one thing this allows thinking that there is a freeze in the
relations of the two parties, and were not that circumstance, Russia
might well not organize such a visit to Armenia and such a PR campaign
by holding an informal CSTO summit in Yerevan and by signing agreements
with Armenia," said Mr Hakobyan, Tert.am reported.
Coming to the documents signed in Armenia about the Armenian- Russian
cooperation, the representatives of the Heritage fraction noticed
that the Heritage will vote for in the parliamentary discussions,
only if they are provided with the justifications they demanded.
"Heritage party has not decided yet what will be its position when
the Armenian- Russian cooperation reports will be discussed in the
parliament," Styopa Safaryan informed.
"We don't understand why the date of Russian military base presence
in Armenia has been prolonged and why especially for 49 years. If
we don't have answers to these and similar questions, we will vote
against these reports," he noted.
From: A. Papazian
Times.am
Aug 24 2010
Armenia
Russia has during the recent years managed settling its affairs in
the Transcaucasian region and become an equally acceptable power for
both Armenia and Azerbaijan, Deputy Chief of the Heritage Party Ruben
Hakobyan told in a joint press conference with head of the Heritage
parliamentary faction Styopa Safaryan.
"Russia was able to create such a situation so that neither Armenia
nor Azerbaijan can take any step without it. This is rather a serious
result in diplomacy Russia has during the recent two years registered,"
said Mr Hakobyan.
In his words Stepan Safaryan did not consider Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev's visit to Azerbaijan following his visit to Armenia as a
coincidence. But judging by the name of the documents to be signed
between Azerbaijan and Russia are not more important that the ones
signed in 2008.
"For one thing this allows thinking that there is a freeze in the
relations of the two parties, and were not that circumstance, Russia
might well not organize such a visit to Armenia and such a PR campaign
by holding an informal CSTO summit in Yerevan and by signing agreements
with Armenia," said Mr Hakobyan, Tert.am reported.
Coming to the documents signed in Armenia about the Armenian- Russian
cooperation, the representatives of the Heritage fraction noticed
that the Heritage will vote for in the parliamentary discussions,
only if they are provided with the justifications they demanded.
"Heritage party has not decided yet what will be its position when
the Armenian- Russian cooperation reports will be discussed in the
parliament," Styopa Safaryan informed.
"We don't understand why the date of Russian military base presence
in Armenia has been prolonged and why especially for 49 years. If
we don't have answers to these and similar questions, we will vote
against these reports," he noted.
From: A. Papazian