Who is the Christian Georgia for Armenia?

PanARMENIAN.Net - If Georgia's interests lie in getting into Turks' embrace having freed itself from Moscow, everything is clear. However things are hardly as straightforward as they may seem. Armenia and Georgia need each other, and first of all for resisting pan-Turkism. Yet the present powers of Georgia are guided by momentary interests. Meanwhile it should be mentioned that due to the open border with Turkey the Georgian economy suffered a collapse.

Georgia aims at NATO, in fact it's no bad for Armenia either, but if suddenly Azerbaijan also intends to head to the Alliance, Yerevan will hardly find itself in an advantageous situation. According to the representative of the RA National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Armen Rustamyan, if Azerbaijan integrates into NATO and Armenia doesn't, it will upset the balance of powers in the region. "At present in the region of South Caucasus two tendencies of development are observed; one tendency is directed to disentanglement of the nations of the region, and the other one is directed towards unification. Armenia must choose the second variant, which proceeds from the national interests. In this case we will be able to meet any challenge," said Rustamyan.

Due to its being equidistant from Armenia and Azerbaijan, Georgia may play its role in the stability of South Caucasus. The truth is though that the unresolved conflicts and rather tense situation in the Armenian populated region of Samtske-Djavakheti create certain difficulties for this role. The public policy of Tbilisi regarding the national minorities and repatriation of Meskhetian Turks gives not less reasons for anxiety. All the above mentioned factors have their negative impact on the relations of the two countries.

At the end of October the ceremony of laying Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad will be held. Presidents of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia will be present at the ceremony. The Turkish Minister of Transportation Ismet Yilmaz announced that the construction of the main is put out to tender and offers are accepted till the end of August. "Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad will take Turkey to the 21st Century," said Yilmaz. "The railroad that reaches Kars maybe connected to Erzrum's line which will enable cargo transportation from Marmara to London," states Day.az

The most interesting part of the whole thing is that Georgia, without who the realization of the above mentioned project is simply impossible, hasn't been mentioned in Turkish Minister's announcement. However Ankara and Baku think that if $ 200 million is assigned to Georgia almost for nothing, they don't have to take Georgian's opinion into consideration. In fact, this is true. The New "East Express" will be both longer and more profitable for all the parties, except for Armenia. In this regard Georgia acts against us, and if we recall the case with Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, and Baku Erzrum gas pipeline, we will see that this is not the first case.