ARMENIA AND RUSSIA SHOULD LEARN TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION MUTUAL INTERESTS
YEREVAN, June 1. /ARKA/. National interests of Armenia and Russia
coincide, as stated the Head of the presidential department for
inter-regional and cultural ties with foreign countries Modest
Kolerov. According to him, “we should not agitate each other or
tease with general phrases”. He also advised not to talk to each
other haggling “like us or we will do something else”. According
to Kolerov, “we cannot do without each other”. “When they say that
Armenia cannot do without Russia, I think that the truth is that
Russia cannot do without having relations with Armenia”, he said.
Kolerov noted that if the relations between Armenia and Russia are
based on general interests, then “let political powers have political
haggling”. According to Kolerov, the goal of the state is to give
adequate reply to demand of citizens, “to alleviate their lives, help
to work and study”. Meantime, he stated that probably everybody is
tired of “thunderous statements and terminological investigations”.
He thinks that “one should at least learn to take into account
mutual interests, interests of citizens of two states, learn not
to allow the third or forth powers speculate the relations between
the countries”. “These are our relations, and I see no problems if
some politician calls Armenia or the relations between the countries
somehow – it’s their personal business”, he said. A.H. -0–.