August 19, 2009 - 19:55 AMT
Washington to prevent development of Russian-Turkish relations
The strategic partnership between the countries implies cooperation in a number of areas, but this does not mean that the countries must cooperate absolutely in all areas, the same applies to Armenia and Russia, the specialist in Turkic philology Hakob Chakryan told a press conference in Yerevan today.
According to him, no matter how intense relations have Russia and Turkey, this will soon fade, since Ankara will have to subordinate to Washington and stop the process.
Mr. Chakryan also commented on recent statement by the Director of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies Richard Giragosian that Turkey allows Russia to use its airspace for equipping the Russian base in Gyumri. "Interestingly, if the agreement between Turkey and Russia was secret, where did he learn this information from? I do not treat what Richard Giragosyan said seriously, because the sources of his information are unknown, " Armenian expert said.