GRYZLOV DID ARMENIA DISSERVICE
PanArmenian News
Dec 17 2004
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Head of the Russian State Duma, representative of
“Unity” faction Boris Gryzlov did Armenia a disservice by calling
the independent state an outpost. However, for Armenia being Russia’s
ally does not mean being Russia’s outpost. An alliance can be formed
with an independent state on the basis of mutual interests but never
with an outpost. We do not call Russia an Armenian outpost only
because it is Armenia’s ally and do not think Russians would like
such an interpretation. Armenia is an independent state with its own
interests and is no one’s outpost or vanguard. We have maintained
our independence. Preserving allied relations with Russia we do not
forget whose army together with the Azeri OMON deported the Armenian
population of Karabakh in 1991 and even intruded into the territory
of Armenia (village of Voskepat, Noemberian region of Armenia).
However it was Azerbaijani President but not Armenian officials, who
reacted to Gryzlov’s statement. “We thought Armenia is a state but not
an outpost”, he said today. Really, Armenia is by no means an outpost,
but there are still some people in the capital of the former USSR,
who have not realized yet that the USSR collapsed 13 years ago and
nowadays Russia needs Armenia no less that Armenia needs Russia.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress