MOSCOW TRIES TO ACT GODFATHER FOR YEREVAN AND BAKU

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
02.07.2009 16:28 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The predominant opinion in Baku is that
Armenians held victory in Karabakh war thanks to Russia. That’s why,
following the August war in Transcaucasus, Azerbaijan was seeking
Moscow’s support," expert Armen Aghayan told a news conference in
Yerevan. However, the speaker was strongly convinced that "Russia
will never coerce Armenia into making any concessions with regard to
Karabakh issue."

According to him Moscow is now trying "to strengthen and re-build
bridges" with CIS states, and Armenia and Azerbaijan do not have
equal importance for it in that sense. "After signing the Minedorf
Declaration, Russia is trying to act as godfather for Yerevan and
Baku," the expert stressed.