April 29, 2009 - 16:29 AMT
Armenia is no longer considered Russian fore post in Caucasus
In 2008 Russia no longer considered Armenia as its fore post in Caucasus, Moscow State Institute of International Relations representative, Great Game periodical Chief Editor Ivan Safranchuk told a news conference in Yerevan.
According to Russian expert, Moscow will not participate in a deal on NKR conflict settlement. Safranchuk noted that Russia is carefully following NKR conflict settlement process and will put its best efforts to prevent any other country's intervention in NKR conflict settlement, which is an issue to be solved solely by Armenia and Azerbaijan.
"Russia has a positive attitude towards Armenia's complementary policy. It's clear that mutual obligations between Armenia and Russia became less in number, and reconfiguration of balance has been observed lately, " Safranchuk stressed.