Armenia is a significant geopolitical factorOctober 13, 2007 - 18:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Despite its small size, Armenia represents an important geopolitical factor. Its significance for Transcaucasia and Middle East incommensurably overweighs its role on the international arena," the Military Industrial Express (Voyenno-Promishlenny Kuryer) reports."Armenia doesn't give trouble to Russia. Moreover, it's actually our rear at the CIS southern borders. Moscow and Yerevan have formed an expansive basis for military-strategic cooperation with the main load to be carried by the Russian military base in Gyumri. Armenia's distrust to Turkey is well known. Yerevan has always viewed Turkey as a menace. Armenia doesn't have diplomatic relations with Ankara, what results in economic troubles for other states bound with Armenia and Turkey by various projects. It especially affects major transport and energy projects. The historical problem of the Armenian Genocide is one of the reasons of tension. Washington wants to strengthen military cooperation with Armenia at all costs," the edition says. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |