Ruben Hakobyan: agreements signed by Armenia and Russia prove South Caucasus to be among Moscow's priorities

August 24, 2010 - 15:14 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy Chairman of Heritage party board Ruben Hakobyan said that the amendments introduced to the Protocol on extension of Russian military base deployment term in Armenia make it is an absolutely new agreement.

“All Armenian citizens will support any governmental plan to strengthen the country’s security, but the above mentioned agreement arouses concerns,” Hakobyan told a press conference in Yerevan.

“This agreement says nothing about Karabakh's security. Besides, it does not refer to Russia's possible sale of S-300 missile complex to Azerbaijan, the fact Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov did not deny,” he said, adding that the reason for extension of the base deployment terms for 49 years is unclear either.

However, Hakobyan noted that the agreements recently signed by Armenia and Russia prove South Caucasus to be among Moscow's priorities