POLITICAL SCIENTIST SERGEY MARKEDONOV: "IN CASE MILITARY ACTIONS IN NAGORNO KARABAKH ARE RENEWED IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR RUSSIA TO MAKE A CHOICE"
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May 23 2008
Azerbaijan
Russia attempts to conduct diversified policy regarding Armenia
and Azerbaijan, consider Sergey Markedonov, chief of department of
problems of international relations under the Institute of Political
and Military Analysis.
"I think the choice has already been done. Azerbaijan is called the
strategic ally and Azerbaijan is strategic partner of Russia. The word
"ally" has a shade of greater closeness. By military and economic
parameters Russia is closer to Armenia", said the Russian political
scientist to journalists in Yerevan on May 23.
Markedonov noted that Azerbaijan and Russia also have common problems,
which are Daghestan border and Caspian problem, which can not be
settled without Azerbaijan.
According to him, "in case military actions in Nagorno Karabakh are
renewed, it will be difficult for Russia to decide".
"This will be a terrible situation, as Russia will need to make a
choice and I fear it will not be so correct. Of course, we would not
like to make a choice", said the political scientist.
At the same time, Markedonov noted that possibility of renewal
of military actions exists due to the active process of conflicts
unfreezing on the post-Soviet area, which is promoted by the situation
in Kosovo.
From: Baghdasarian