Russia’s Any Measure against Georgia Deals Blow to Armenia’s Interests
PanARMENIAN.Net
10.07.2006 14:21 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Any measure undertaken by Russia against Georgia
deals an unintentional blow to Armenia’s interests, Vice-speaker
of the Armenian National Assembly Vahan Hovhannisian told reporters
today when commenting on the closing of the Russian-Georgian border
by the Russian authorities. In his opinion, this is conditioned by
the Russian-Georgian relations, which "now tense, now improve".
"Recently these relations tend to aggravate. However our Russian
counterparts should understand that any step against Georgia damages
Armenia’s interests. Thus they should be more supple and cautious,"
Hovhannisian underscored.
To remind, on June 8 night the Russian border guards closed the
Kazbegi-Verkhni Lars checkpoint over the start of construction
works at the border. This caused problems for traffic and a great
number of vehicles including those heading for Armenia stuck at the
Russian-Georgian border.