Armenia Lucky Not to Have Oil and Gas
PanARMENIAN.Net
05.10.2006 18:26 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia is lucky not to have oil and gas, U.S. expert
Richard Giragossian said in Yerevan. In his words, the states with big
supply of energy resources are totalitarian and poor as a rule. "The
only exception is Norway, which discovered oil after establishing a
well formed political system and sustainable economy. So, from this
viewpoint Azerbaijan has a gloomy outlook," he said.
At the same time the U.S. expert remarked that in the 21st century
fiber-optic cable will be more important than oil pipelines. "The
future of the world is high technologies and IT development. The
problems of cyber security are being put in the forefront,"
Giragossian said.
He also remarked that the political and commercial benefit from
the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline fully depends on the Kazakh
oil. Presently the oil-bearing zone of the Persian Gulf is the most
important strategic task for the U.S. Caspian region is a secondary
and not a very important task. According to the expert, under such
circumstances Azerbaijan will move towards East and Central Asia
rather then towards Europe.
Georgia moves in the opposite direction, that is towards Europe. Thus,
Armenia may remain alone, in the role of Russia’s only ally, what can
jeopardize the national security. Armenia is most likely to face the
West,’ the expert said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
