RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN: ARMENIA HAD THE KEY ROLE IN RUSSIA’S JOINING CAUCASUS
ArmInfo
2010-05-25 14:46:00
ArmInfo. Russia became a Caucasian country several hundred years
ago and Armenia had the key role in our desire to join the Caucasus,
First Vice Chairman of Russian State Duma Committee for CIS, Konstantin
Zatulin told media in Yerevan on Tuesday.
“I am sure that the Caucasus have better future rather than being
a permanent source of bad news for global agencies. Of course, we
do not teach others to live. We just want to listen to everything
attentively. Russia is categorically against military threats and
military actions. In 2008 we had nothing to do but to arm to save
the small nation of the South Ossetia from terrible consequences,
it was not our choice,” Zatulin said.
In this light, one of the key issues of the Karabakh negotiations is
refusal from the threat of force, from blockades and black lists that,
unfortunately, exist and are used in threats of one country against
other, he said.
From: A. Papazian