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    ARMENIA FEARS CHANGE IN RUSSIAN POLICY: NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA

    Tert.am
    12:15 ~U 13.01.10

    Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, is in Yerevan
    today for a two-day official visit. According to Russian daily
    Nezavisimaya Gazeta, there are concerns in Yerevan that Russia's
    specific economic interests will push "strategic cooperation" into
    Plan B.

    The publication recalls that a similar situation was created last
    year: Erdogan in Moscow, and Lavrov in Yerevan. It was during that
    time that the Russian Foreign Minister implied that it was time for
    Yerevan to think about the future and to find a common language with
    its neighbours. Today, Moscow's interests are evident: to expand its
    influence in the region, as well as to establish closer cooperation
    with Turkey and Azerbaijan, who, in turn, hope and presume that
    Moscow has the power and might to convince its strategic partner to
    make concessions in the issue of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    Ankara, in turn, is prepared to guarantee its support for all Russian
    pipeline projects in the region, while Baku, with Ilham Aliyev
    at the forefront, is of the opinion that "the idea of reinstating
    his country's territorial entirety is more important than all the
    hydrocarbonic reserves."
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