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AZERBAIJAN HAS LOWER LIVING STANDARDS THAN ARMENIA - RUSSIAN EXPERT
Tert.am
13:50 31.08.11
Despite its rich resources and high Gross Domestic Product, Azerbaijan
has lower living standards compared to Armenia, a Russian expert
has said.
Igor Shishkin, the deputy director of the CIS Institute, made the
statement in an interview with the Russian radio station Golos Rosii,
as he spoke about Azerbaijan's achievements in the past 20 years
(since gaining independence).
"Azerbaijan has really had high GDP records in the past 20 years.
That's conditioned by the increased prices on power generating
substances. But the living standards in the country are much lower than
in Armenia which does not have such resources. So it is necessary to
admit that the 20th anniversary of independence is not a happy period,"
the expert said.
Asked about the Russian-Azerbaijani relations further prospect, he
pointed out to the existing problems, particularly, Azeri President
Ilham Aliyev's unwillingness to attend the CIS Summit.
"There are many problems in bilateral relations, one of them being
known to everybody. It is Azerbaijani president's refusal to attend
the CIS summit. Such public statement demonstrates that Azerbaijan
is dissatisfied with Russia's position on the Karabakh conflict
settlement," the expert said, adding that Azerbaijan probably expects
Russia to settle the problem in its favor in order to become its
good friend.
Shishkin noted further that in the past decades Azerbaijan has been
seeking foreign powers' assistance to resolve its own problems.
"West, GUAM [Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova] and at the same
time, CIS ... This comes to prove yet another time that Azerbaijan has
not become accomplished as an independent state. That country keeps
surviving thanks to assistance from Russia, Turkey and the West,"
he added.
Tert.am
13:50 31.08.11
Despite its rich resources and high Gross Domestic Product, Azerbaijan
has lower living standards compared to Armenia, a Russian expert
has said.
Igor Shishkin, the deputy director of the CIS Institute, made the
statement in an interview with the Russian radio station Golos Rosii,
as he spoke about Azerbaijan's achievements in the past 20 years
(since gaining independence).
"Azerbaijan has really had high GDP records in the past 20 years.
That's conditioned by the increased prices on power generating
substances. But the living standards in the country are much lower than
in Armenia which does not have such resources. So it is necessary to
admit that the 20th anniversary of independence is not a happy period,"
the expert said.
Asked about the Russian-Azerbaijani relations further prospect, he
pointed out to the existing problems, particularly, Azeri President
Ilham Aliyev's unwillingness to attend the CIS Summit.
"There are many problems in bilateral relations, one of them being
known to everybody. It is Azerbaijani president's refusal to attend
the CIS summit. Such public statement demonstrates that Azerbaijan
is dissatisfied with Russia's position on the Karabakh conflict
settlement," the expert said, adding that Azerbaijan probably expects
Russia to settle the problem in its favor in order to become its
good friend.
Shishkin noted further that in the past decades Azerbaijan has been
seeking foreign powers' assistance to resolve its own problems.
"West, GUAM [Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova] and at the same
time, CIS ... This comes to prove yet another time that Azerbaijan has
not become accomplished as an independent state. That country keeps
surviving thanks to assistance from Russia, Turkey and the West,"
he added.