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    RUSSIAN POLITICAL ANALYST ALEXEI MUKHIN: "IN RESPONSE TO THE ARMAMENT OF AZERBAIJAN, RUSSIA IS ARMING ARMENIA"

    APA
    Feb 21 2013
    Azerbaijan

    "Serzh Sargsyan's re-election will bring nothing new to the settlement
    of the Nagorno Karabakh"

    Moscow. Farid Akberov - APA. "In response to the armament of
    Azerbaijan, Russia is arming Armenia," said director general of the
    Political Information Center of Russia, political analyst Alexei
    Mukhin in his interview with APA's Moscow correspondent.

    According to him, Russia is providing Armenia with weapons to
    maintain armament balance in the region: "This step is a response to
    Azerbaijan's armament. Russia is trying to achieve armament balance
    in the South Caucasus. Azerbaijan is providing its army with modern
    weapons. Russia and Armenia are represented in Collective Security
    Treaty Organization (CSTO). Armenia is being armed within the
    cooperation in this organization. If Armenia were not a member of
    CSTO, Russia would hardly take this step, because Russia knows very
    well the adverse effect of arming one of the conflicting parties.

    Therefore, arming Armenia doesn't cast doubt upon Russia's mediation
    in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh."

    There is no political guarantee that Russia will support Armenia if
    the war starts in Nagorno Karabakh. If the war starts in Nagorno
    Karabakh, Russia will pass decisions taking into account current
    situation. Russia's military base in Armenia is under the control of
    the Russian government. If the war starts in Nagorno Karabakh, the
    forces in Gyumri will act under the order of Russia, not of Armenia.

    Mukhin has also commented on the current Russia-Azerbaijan relations.

    He said that the relations between the two countries are neither
    warm nor cold: "Both Azerbaijan and Russia are acting within their
    interests. In this stage, the two countries' interests do not
    coincide. But it doesn't mean that the relations between the two
    countries will become tense in the future and cause a conflict."

    Asked if something new can be expected in the resolution of
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during Serzh Sargsyan's second term, Mukhin
    said: "Unfortunately, Serzh Sargsyan's re-election will bring nothing
    new to the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh. The negotiations
    towards the settlement of the conflict will more likely remain
    unchanged. It would be naive to expect any changes in the settlement
    of the conflict in the near future, because the positions of the two
    countries in the process of negotiations are quite different. The
    countries mediating in the settlement of the conflict - the US, Russia
    and France are satisfied with the current state. Unfortunately, the
    mediating countries are not interested in solving the conflict with
    current terms, because they understand well that the settlement of the
    conflict is possible through war. War favors none of these countries."

    http://en.apa.az/news/188158



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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