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"THE STATEMENT MADE BY THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN IS CONSIDERED AS A MANEUVER," A MILITARY EXPERT SAYS
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/11/13/129819/
NOVEMBER 13, 2012 16:14
"Stepanakert's airport will be put into operation, it is a different
matter when. I don't doubt it a bit," military expert Davit Jamalyan
said in response to a question of www.aravot.am that one could
understand when the Azerbaijani side speculates about the issue
of operating Artsakh's airport, but what the statement of Vladimir
Dorokhin, the Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, that the plans to
open the airport "can cause serious tensions in the region" meant.
Mr. Jamalyan called the ambassador's statement "pro-Azerbaijani" and
went into detail, "Russia is Armenia's ally, but along with that,
the Russian Federation is not interested in losing Azerbaijan as a
partner. Certainly, the level of relations with Azerbaijan is
substantially different, but the Russian Federation tries to
keep Azerbaijan in its zone of influence as much as possible. I
consider the ambassador's statement as an attempt to make a difficult
maneuver, an ultimate goal of maintaining the level of relations with
both parties to the conflict as allies, which perhaps wasn't that
successful. However, I wouldn't be inclined to consider the statement
of the Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan as the official position of the
Russian side. It is perhaps a gesture to the Azerbaijani government,
however, not the Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, but his superiors
decide the policy of the Russian Federation. The Russian side maybe
makes a pro-Azerbaijani statement in Azerbaijan, which I don't think
will cause a change in the prospect of exploiting the airport."
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/11/13/129819/
NOVEMBER 13, 2012 16:14
"Stepanakert's airport will be put into operation, it is a different
matter when. I don't doubt it a bit," military expert Davit Jamalyan
said in response to a question of www.aravot.am that one could
understand when the Azerbaijani side speculates about the issue
of operating Artsakh's airport, but what the statement of Vladimir
Dorokhin, the Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, that the plans to
open the airport "can cause serious tensions in the region" meant.
Mr. Jamalyan called the ambassador's statement "pro-Azerbaijani" and
went into detail, "Russia is Armenia's ally, but along with that,
the Russian Federation is not interested in losing Azerbaijan as a
partner. Certainly, the level of relations with Azerbaijan is
substantially different, but the Russian Federation tries to
keep Azerbaijan in its zone of influence as much as possible. I
consider the ambassador's statement as an attempt to make a difficult
maneuver, an ultimate goal of maintaining the level of relations with
both parties to the conflict as allies, which perhaps wasn't that
successful. However, I wouldn't be inclined to consider the statement
of the Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan as the official position of the
Russian side. It is perhaps a gesture to the Azerbaijani government,
however, not the Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, but his superiors
decide the policy of the Russian Federation. The Russian side maybe
makes a pro-Azerbaijani statement in Azerbaijan, which I don't think
will cause a change in the prospect of exploiting the airport."
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN