RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN: RUSSIA READY TO FORGIVE PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA HIS DESIPIENCE

ArmInfo
2009-06-27 11:46:00

ArmInfo. Russia is a great country and it believes its duty to prove
everywhere its tolerance and understanding to the actions of our
partners, which are sometimes difficult to understand, as well as
to forgive others for desipience. Valery Bogomolov, a member of the
Russian State Duma Committee for International Affairs (Yedinaya Rossia
party) told when commenting on the decision by President of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan to award President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili with
Order of Honor.

‘Every country is free to award as well as to praise or condemn anyone.

However, it is very important for it to understand that one should not
muddy the water he may have to drink. The ambiguous awarding of the
Georgian presidency should be studied just in this context’, he said.

For his part, Vice Chairman of the State Duma Committee for
Constitutional Legislation and State Building (CPRF) Viktor Illukhin
said: ‘Demonstrative awarding of the Georgian President with a
high state order is an incorrect and unfriendly step with regard to
Russia’. ‘I don’t think this step by the Armenian President will have
any negative impact on our trade and business relations since Armenia
considers Russia its key partner and Russian troops and military
base are deployed in its territory. We have mutual benefit and any
tension of relations will raise the issue of withdrawal of the Russian
military base or increase of the price of land leasing. Nevertheless,
it has left a goal in the mind’, Illukhin said.

The Georgian President was on an official visit Armenia on June
24-25. He met with the top leadership of Armenia and visited the
Armenian Genocide memorial complex.