U.S. FINALLY ESTABLISHES ROOTS IN SOUTH CAUCASUS, SAYS POLITICIAN

Tert
Sept 23 2009
Armenia

"I think the U.S. will finally establish roots in the South Caucasus
within the coming 5 years. Washington, quite possibly jointly with
Russia, will locate its anti-ballistic missile defence bases in
Georgia and Azerbaijan, and then in Armenia — in place of Gyumri’s
present base."

As reported by Azerbaijan news site 1news.az, politician Vafa Guluzade
made the above comment, responding to information from Georgian
media which stated that the Pentagon is about to finish work on a
project that foresees establishing U.S. military bases in Georgia by
2015. According to preliminary data, two of those will be land-based,
while the other one will be a marine base.

"The U.S. has been preparing for this for a long time, and judging by
everything, they are entering the final phase. In this context, I am
not excluding that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will also be settled
in the near future. After the Armenian-Turkish border is opened, the
influence of the West and NATO on the region will increase. We must
be ready for those processes, since afterwards, these countries will
begin to prepare for accession to the EU and NATO more intensively,"
the politician stated.