Interests and not search for western threat must become bases for cooperation between Armenia and Russia

PanARMENIAN.Net - "It doesn't matter if politicians in Moscow want or no, winners of parlaimentarian campaign-2007 will cooperate with West. Under "West" we understand both the United States and the European Union and international institutions, including NATO. They will cooperate for quite pragmatic reasons," candidate of science, head of the department of international relations at the Institute of Political and Military Studies Sergey Markedonov stated in the interview to PanARMENIAN.Net He said there exist a lot of Armenian communities in West, and first of all in the U.S. and France, and a lot of Armenians are involved in business and the process of making administrative and political decisions of those countries. The Russian political scientist also underlined with the help of West Armenia tries to exert pressure on Turkey. "Ankara wants to enter the EU, and consequently he must fit "European standards". This means that it doesn't matter who will win in Yerevan, those "winners" will act following not beautiful toasts, but the real politics, political interests and pragmatism. Russia also should be pragmatic in working out his strategy in Caucasian, as well as other CIS states," he underlined. Sergey Markedonov thinks that it necessary to proceed from the language of toasts and recollections of the "glorious past" to pragmatic interests. "Armenia is ready to cooperate with Russia in military and security spheres, unlike Georgia. It is necessary to use that opportunity, like other opportunities. Few people are aware that gasification of Armenia goes on quicker than within Russia himself. Russian business is quite active in the sphere of telecommunications. During one single year the Russian operator invested more than the previous Greek operator did during ten years. Namely that interests and not search for western threats and "color revolutions" must become bases for full bilateral cooperation between Armenia and Russia," Markedonov said.

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