ARMENIA IS THREATENED BY A DANGER OF ISOLATION AS GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN HAVE CLOSER RELATIONS WITH EUROPE, AMERICAN ANALYST THINKS

arminfo
2007-08-22 08:53:00

Armenia is threatened by a danger of isolation as Georgia and
Azerbaijan have closer relations with Europe, American analyst Richard
Kirakosyan said at the press-conference in Urbat club, Tuesday.

He also added that the problem of the North Iraq is the main
reason of Turkey’s striving not towards the West but the East. ‘The
presidential election in Russia and the USA in 2008 will greatly
affect Armenia’, – he said. Touching on the Armenian-Iranian relations,
Kirakosyan said that they are more stable than the Azernaijani-Iranian
ones. ‘Armenia and Iran are on the stable level of cooperation, but
the Azerbaijani-Iranian relations are more problematic’, – the analyst
emphasized. He called symbolic the fact that simultaneously Iranian
president left for Azerbaijan and vice-president for Armenia. ‘But
there is difference: Iranian president went to Azerbaijan to discuss
political and energy problems, but Iranian vice-president visited
Armenia because of opening of the Pan-Armenian games and to discuss
cooperation in the sphere of sports’, – he said.