TAKING OUT THE RUSSIAN BASE FROM ARMENIA IS A NONSENSE

Aysor
May 3 2010
Armenia

"Even if the Armenian – Turkish border will be open and the diplomatic
relations between the two countries will establish and Turkey becomes
the number one economic partner of Armenia, Armenia will need the
Russian base in any case," Turkologist Artak Shakaryan thinks. He
added that it is not profitable for both Armenia and Russia to take
out the Russian bases from the Armenian territory at least for the
first 15 – 20 years.

"Withdrawing the Russian bases from Armenia is nonsense, and is not
realistic," he said.

The other participant of the press conference Levon Shirinyan on his
turn noticed that the presence of the Russian base does not disturb
the Armenians in cooperating with NATO.

"The bases are being built based on mutual interests. The agreement
with Turkey allows demanding from our friends to be more active in
other issues," the speaker said.