MILITARY BASE IN ARMENIA ALSO SEUCRES DEFENCE FROM UNAUTHORISED
SHOOTING OF IRANIAN ROCKETS FOR RUSSIA

Yerevan, April 29. ArmInfo. The Iranian nuclear program threatens
national security of Russia. Colonel Anatoliy Tsyganok, head of RF
Forecasting Center at the Institute of Political and Military
Analysis, said this at “Caucasus 2005” international conference in
Yerevan, today.

He emphasized that the destruction fire of the Iranian and Pakistani
rockets didn’t reach the South Federal region of Russia and Ural. He
believes that Russia should strengthens the air defense in South,
taking into account the “probable unauthorized shooting of the Iranian
rockets.” In this context, he emphasized the importance of the Russian
military base in Armenia, which is aimed to control mainly the
Armenian-Turkish border. “The Institute of the Political and Military
Analysis recommended RF Foreign Ministry to support economic sanctions
against Iran, we should express our solidarity with the international
community in aversion of spreading nuclear weapons,” Tsyganok said. He
added that Russia should change the foreign political vector in the
region of the Near East, making development of relations with Israel a
priority issue.

Tsyganok said in the interview to ArmInfo that the economic sanctions
against Iran envisage embargo on several goods, including high
technologies and high tech goods, as well as stopping Tehran-Paris and
Tehran-London flights. He added that after adoption of the sanctions
Iran may develop “Peaceful Atom” project independently. Besides, Iran
may join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.