VICTOR KRIVOPUSKOV: HISTORICAL RELATIONS OF RUSSIA AND ARMENIA NOT SUBJECT TO BUSINESS TRENDS

ArmInfo
2009-09-17 16:32:00

ArmInfo. Historical relations of Russia and Armenia are not subject
to business trends, says Victor Krivopuskov, the Adviser at the
Russian Embassy in Armenia, the President of the Armenian-Russian
Friendship Association (RODSA) in response to ArmInfo’s question if
Russian influence in the region will weaken if the Armenian-Turkish
border is opened.

He said the statements by Russian and Armenian officials give no
reason for thinking about such possibility. In addition, Krivopuskov
highlighted the existence of joint ventures, investments and tranches,
the 102nd Russian military base and the Russian frontier-guards on
the Armenian border as a high level of cooperation of the two states.

As regards normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey, V.

Krivopuskov said Russia welcomes this process. "One should not forget
that Armenia is waging complementary and multi-vector policy. We
can see today the right development. The most important is to avoid
prevalence of one of the vectors over others," he said.