May 19, 2006 - 19:23 AMT
Iran-U.S. Relations Can Have Impact on Armenia
The Iran-U.S. relations can have an impact on Armenia in all respects, well known political scientist Andranik Mihranyan stated in Yerevan. In his words, the only stable path joining Armenia with the outer world lies through Iran. "It's true that the principal communications come through Georgia, but we do know how unreliable this neighbor is," Mihranyan underscored.

The Russian political scientist supposes that if the U.S. deals a blow the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline can be damaged. "A counterblow will destabilize the whole Near East. At that, taking into account the tension in the Russian-Georgian relations, the Georgia-Azerbaijan-Turkey axis and absence of any relations with Turkey, Armenia is threatened with isolation. Under such circumstances a policy for preventing isolation should be developed," he said, reported Novosti-Armenia.