Pan Armenian News
RUSSIAN ANALYST: AIR BRIDGE TO RUSSIAN BASE IN AKHALKALAKI SHOULD BE MADE OF
ARMENIA
14.05.2005 03:15
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Chief of the Department of Transcaucasia of the Institute
of the CIS Countries Mikhail Aleksandrov stated that the situation over the
withdrawal of the Russian military bases from Georgia is glowing, reported
MiK agency. `I think we will have to display more harshness. Georgian have
to be put in their place, they have finally gone too far. I think they use
the fact that Bush arrived in Tbilisi as an attempt to form confidence that
they will get the 100% support of the US, including the military one, in
case of a crisis with Russia,’ he noted. `However I do not think such
expectations are realistic. The Americans now do not have the opportunity to
provide any military assistance to them, all the more there is no basis to
confront us now. Thus we should act resolutely, however calmly,’ he added.
In his opinion, it should be stated at all levels that the situation tends
toward a scenario like that at the Berlin crisis in 1948. `I.e. our bases
are being blocked and we form an air bridge. Our naval grouping moves
forward respectively to demonstrate force support to our base in Batumi.
Simultaneously, cargo helicopters deliver loads from the territory of
Abkhazia. Meanwhile a few demonstration flights can be made to the territory
of those bases even without load to show that the air bridge operates. `And
if Georgians start firing upon our helicopters, the navy should hit their
firing points and their communication control centers, as well as their
General Staff – with cruise missiles. There is no need to use many, one
missile is sufficient to set them straight,’ Mikhail Aleksandrov stated. `As
of the base in Akhalkalaki, the base is closer to the border of Armenia and
there we have a base in Gyumri. Thus, from the territory of that base an air
bridge to the territory of the base in Akhalkalaki should be organized. What
choice will the Georgians have then? Either to launch open hostilities,
starting to shaking down our aircraft – in response we will have to hit a
few times to bring them to their senses. Either they will have to put up
with the air bridge and then the situation will remain in a critical state
for a few months. Then a few months of crisis may keep here, and then they
will make a decision to all appearance, as they will understand that they
have not achieved anything by blackmailing and threats and they will have to
compromise, which had been suggested to them,’ he summed up.