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ARESHEV COMMENTS ON RUSSIAN RELATIONS WITH CIS AND SECURITY INTERESTS
Vestnik Kavkaza
May 17 2012
Russia
Moscow has held a summit of CIS states. Andrey Areshev, a scientist of
the Institute for Political and Social Studies of the Black Sea and
Caspian Region, expert of the Center for Central Asian and Caucasus
Studies of the Institute for Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy
of Sciences, told Vestnik Kavkaza that the summit was organized during
the switch of power in Russia, the formation of the Cabinet and the
clarification of foreign policy.
President Vladimir Putin placed emphasis on foreign affairs and
emphasized the priority of the CIS. Stability in neighboring states
is vital for Russia, especially in the southern areas of the Caucasus
and Central Asia. Any confrontation there may harm stability.
Areshev believes that Russian-Georgian relations will remain as they
are presently. Russia will continue cooperating with the breakaway
republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Recent hopes for changes in
Russian attitude towards the two republics were not realized.
Russia will continue resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with
Azerbaijan and Armenia. Russia is not interested in an escalation
of the conflict. Contacts with Armenia and Azerbaijan may bring a
breakthrough in a resolution of their conflict in the future.
Expectations of a sudden breakthrough in the past 4 years were an
illusion, Areshev concludes.
From: Baghdasarian
Vestnik Kavkaza
May 17 2012
Russia
Moscow has held a summit of CIS states. Andrey Areshev, a scientist of
the Institute for Political and Social Studies of the Black Sea and
Caspian Region, expert of the Center for Central Asian and Caucasus
Studies of the Institute for Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy
of Sciences, told Vestnik Kavkaza that the summit was organized during
the switch of power in Russia, the formation of the Cabinet and the
clarification of foreign policy.
President Vladimir Putin placed emphasis on foreign affairs and
emphasized the priority of the CIS. Stability in neighboring states
is vital for Russia, especially in the southern areas of the Caucasus
and Central Asia. Any confrontation there may harm stability.
Areshev believes that Russian-Georgian relations will remain as they
are presently. Russia will continue cooperating with the breakaway
republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Recent hopes for changes in
Russian attitude towards the two republics were not realized.
Russia will continue resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with
Azerbaijan and Armenia. Russia is not interested in an escalation
of the conflict. Contacts with Armenia and Azerbaijan may bring a
breakthrough in a resolution of their conflict in the future.
Expectations of a sudden breakthrough in the past 4 years were an
illusion, Areshev concludes.
From: Baghdasarian