Warmer U.S.-Russia relations better that would be for ArmeniaFebruary 20, 2009 - 19:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The warmer U.S.-Russia relations are the better that would be for Armenia, according to former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia. "But at this time, such warming is still only a desire on everyone's part. There are still a series of very serious problems: NATO expansion, the American missile defense shield, as well as contentions over spheres of influence. It is especially the processes having to do with defining spheres of influence and the possible arrangements or understandings that they arrive at that will have serious impact on Armenia," Vartan Oskanian, head of Civilitas Foundation told PanARMENIAN.Net "Thus, we must do everything so that the perception of these two countries about Armenia be based on Armenia's compelementarity and not on specific recent events. Specifically, closer financial cooperation with Russia or the agreement signed about CSTO rapid deployment forces can be seen as a deviation from the policy of complementarity, if of course these steps are not followed by other steps which reaffirm the balance in Armenia's foreign policy," he said. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |