ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN PARTNERSHIP NOT LIMITED ONLY BY MILITARY-POLITICAL INTERESTS, SERGEY IVANOV SAYS
Noyan Tapan
Apr 11 2007
YEREVAN, APRIL 11, NOYAN TAPAN. "Armenia is our strategic partner,
and it is not limited only by military and political interests," First
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Sergey Ivanov said at the April 11
briefing, responding the question if Armenia is the out-post of Russia.
"As for the Russian military bases existing in Armenia, they present
interests of both Armenia and Russia," S. Ivanov mentioned. In
his words, those bases are not aimed against a third country and
effectively guarantee security of the two countries.
In RA Prime Minister Serge Sargsian’s opinion, misunderstanding of the
same issue became a cause for speculations. "That man said that word,
he wanted to say something good, in that case it came to his mind,
the whole fault was in it," S. Sargsian said.
To recap, Sergey Mironov, the Chairman of the Council of Federation
of the RF Federal Assembly stated once paying a visit to Armenia that
Armenia is the out-post of Russia in the South Caucasian region.