RUSSIA SENSING THREAT FROM ARMENIA-TURKEY RAPPROCHEMENT

PanARMENIAN.Net
04.11.2009 17:05 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia-Turkey rapprochement protocols pose
many threats to Armenia, specifically in NKR conflict settlement
issue, Armenian Communist Party Leader Ruben Tovmasyan told a
news conference in Yerevan. He expressed RA CP’s protest against
Protocols’ signing and ratification. Nevertheless, Ruben Tovmasyan
noted that documents will in all probability be ratified by Armenian
and Turkish Parliaments. Protocols signing ceremony in Zurich suggested
superpowers’ pressure on Armenia in the issue.

"Today, Turkey trying its best to force Moscow out of the region, so as
to emerge as a regional leader. We must remember that Armenia-Turkey
border is protected by Russian border guards, and Russia has made
significant investments to improve its military base in Armenia,"
Ruben Tovmasyan emphasized. He noted that Moscow feels the threat
posed by Armenia-Turkey rapprochement, and Armenia must preserve the
"sacred friendship with Russia".