‘LAVROV HAS PAID A SCHEDULED VISIT IN AN UNSCHEDULED TIME’
Aysor
Jan 18 2010
Armenia
Russian foreign minister Lavrov’s visit to Armenia was a scheduled
visit in an unscheduled time, said Director of the Caucasus Media
Institute Alexander Iskandarian at the teleconference between Armenia
(Yerevan) and Russia (Moscow).
"It was a visit from a scheduled list; however, we meet some
strange developments in the region. Russia has its own relations
with Turkey, in particular, in energy, policy, it even has military
relations. So Lavrov’s visit was not just a simple visit," said
Alexander Iskandarian.
Political scientist Alexander Makarov, in his turn, said regional
visits of last days bring to mind a triangle: Turkey’s prime minister
paid a visit to Moscow, Russian foreign minister paid a visit to
Yerevan, and Armenia’s President paid a visit to Russia.
Director of the Department for Caucasian Studies at the Institute
of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Science Academy,
Sergei Arutyunov noted Russia’s position in the process of
reconciliation between Armenia and Turkey. He added: "There are
three key Armenia-related separated issues at the moment. These are:
reconciliation between Armenia and Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan,
and issue of the Genocide. All these three issues are very important,
however, they shouldn’t be linked."
An expert at Russian Strategic Studies Institute Alexander Skakov
as well opposed against linking the Karabakh settlement and talks on
Armenia-Turkey reconciliation. "This is a completely separated issue,"
he pointed adding that Armenia-Turkey’ reconciliation makes Georgia
feel fear of losing its role of the transit zone while Turkey can
become a monopolist.