MUBARIZ AHMEDOGHLU: "WE SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED WITH THE VISIT OF DMITRI MEDVEDEV TO ARMENIA AND WE ALSO SHOULD NOT EXPECT ANY IMPORTANT DECISIONS FROM IT"

Today.Az
17 October 2008 [16:24]
Azerbaijan

"No special hopes or crucial decisions should be expected from
President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev’s visit to Armenia", said famous
political scientist Mubariz Ahmedoghlu.

He said the nature of established relations between Armenia and
Russia does not allow suggesting any progress in them in the result
of either a visit of Russian President to Armenia or the visit of
Armenian President to Russia.

"During the recent meeting between the presidents of this countries,
the sides negotiated both price of Russian gas for Armenia and the
list of enterprises, which Armenia has transferred to Russia in
exchange for gas. Armenia agreed to transfer all its uranium fields,
as well as such enterprises as Mika-cement and Armavia, belonging to
Baku native Mikael Bagdasarov, close friend of former president of
Armenia Robert Kocharyan, to Russia in exchange to price on Russian
gas, which is lowed than European.

But finally Mikael Bagdasarov refused to transfer his enterprises
top Russia in exchange for a cheap gas for Armenia and this issue
has not been settled yet", reminded Ahmedoghlu.

He said Armenia will soon get large financial aid from the United
States. "And here the information that NATO trainings in Armenia are
completing on the day of arrival of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev
to Yerevan should be reassessed.

The fact of training proves that Armenia tries to quickly redirect
towards the west.

Kremlin is worried about it. Therefore, we should not be surprised
with the visit of Dmitri Medvedev to Armenia and we also should not
expect any important decisions from it", concluded Ahmedoghlu.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress