KARABAKH CONFLICT TO BE RESOLVED AT EXPENSE OF GEORGIA?
PanARMENIAN.Net
23.04.2008 16:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The U.S.-Russia opposition in Transcaucasia is
a temporary factor, said head of the Transcaucasia division at the
Institute of CIS Studies.
"With Bush coming to power, the U.S. launched expansion over the post
soviet space aiming to surround Russia by unfriendly states. Russia had
to response. Presently, the U.S. is getting weaker and experiencing
a serious economic crisis. It has to leave Eurasia, first of all
Afghanistan and Iraq.
Deterioration of domestic problems will result in impossibility of
maintaining military bases in countries not critical for the American
security," Mikhail Alexandrov said.
The policy on Transcaucasia will be traditionally determined by Russia,
Turkey and Iran, according to him.
"Under the circumstances, Georgia will be the one responsible for
the past developments. Abkhazia and South Ossetia will be finally
granted independence.
Adjaria, Javakheti and Azeri-inhabited Marneul region will get out
of Tbilisi’s control. Georgia will apparently break into Mingrelia,
Guria and Eastern Georgia," he said.
"The Nagorno Karabakh conflict can be resolved at this
expense. Azerbaijan stands a good chance to receive Marneul region
in exchange for Karabakh. This plan seems the most real after the
West abandons the region," he said, Nakanune.ru reports.