SOUTH CAUCASUS SHOULD BE TURNED INTO A COMMON ECONOMIC FIELD TO ENSURE STABILITY THERE, NA DEPUTY SHIRAK TOROSIAN CONSIDERS

Noyan Tapan

Nov 18, 2008

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The South Caucasian region should be
turned into a common economic field to ensure stability there. Shirak
Torosian, a RA National Assembly deputy, the Chairman of the Javakhk
compatriotic union, expressed such an opinion at the November 18 press
conference. According to him, thus the regional countries will solve
the problems of the region by keeping the mutual interests and will
ensure all-round development of all states.

According to S. Torosian’s estimation, Russia, the United States, EU,
and Turkey are interested in the South Caucasian problems today, as
each of them strives for strengthening its positions in the region,
which is very alarming for the regional countries. According to the
deputy, the main factor of creation of the unsteady situation fraught
with conflicts in the South Caucasus is Georgia with its foreign
political orientation at NATO.

And it, according to him, is not in Russia’s interests, and the latter
will do its best, even will take extreme steps, including military
operations, to prevent it.

According to S. Torosian’s prediction, to avoid such conflicts Georgia
even if temporarily should adopt a policy of renouncing the idea of
joining NATO.