TURKEY ALLOWED RUSSIA TO USE ITS AIR SPACES FOR ARMING MILITARY BASE IN ARMENIA

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
13.08.2009 17:50 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian-Turkish border opening is first of all
advantageous to Russia, Richard Giragosyan, Head of Armenian Center
for Strategic and National Research, told today a seminar devoted
to "Armenian-Turkish relations: present and past". Russia is more
interested in border opening, as that may enable it to control
Armenia’s energy sphere, Giragosyan finds.

The issue, according to him, is concerned with normalization of
Russian-Turkish rather than Armenian-Turkish relations.

"Following Russian-Georgian war, Russia has certain expectations of
Turkey," the expert said, noting that Moscow and Ankara had previously
signed a relevant secret agreement, allowing Russia to use Turkey’s
air spaces for arming the military base in Gyumri.