ANDRANIK MIHRANYAN: US WILL STRENGTHEN THE PRESSURE ON RUSSIA

ArmRadio.am
08.01.2007 16:05

"If there were agreements between Moscow and Washington on cooperation
in the South Caucasian region, it could accelerate the positive
resolution of questions and establish stability in the region. However,
at the given point there is competition between Moscow and Washington,
which is considerably sharpened because of Georgia and the policy of
Georgian authorities. It exerts negative impact on the development of
processes existing in the South Caucasus, including South Ossetia,
Abkhazia and Nagorno Karabakh," said Russian political scientist
Andranik Mihranyan in response to the question about the possible
impact of US-Russia relations on the process of settlement of the
Karabakh issue, ArmInfo reports. "I think Washington will strengthen
its pressure on Moscow, the internal political processes in Russia,
as well as on certain regions it is interested in order to receive
concessions from Russia on other urgent issues for the US. The question
refers to Iraq, North Korea, nuclear weapons of Iran, Russian-Chinese
relations, Russia’s stance in the Middle East and the post-Soviet
space as a whole. In this context the problems of the South Caucasus
can become small change in the global game and be sacrifices for more
urgent interests of Washington," said the political scientist.