Today South Caucasus is a region of instability and competition between superpowers, as a result of which Armenia experiences considerable difficulties, said Ara Abramian the head of CAR (Council of Armenians of Russia) during an interview to The Novoye Russkoe Slovo. In his words, Russian sanctions against Georgia have serious impact on Armenia's economic situation, particularly on freight flow, which goes through Georgia from Russia and other countries. "Or the tension which occurred between the West and Iran. Not only it leads to additional tension of situation in the region, but also it threatens Armenia with hold-ups of Iranian gas supply. Unfortunately, there are no serious moves on the Nagorno Karabakh talks. Azerbaijan activates its efforts to create a negative image of Armenia and weaken Armenia's international position. Such a policy pursues an only goal-that is to create a necessary propaganda background for probable forceful solution of the conflict," Abramian noticed.

Alongside, he thinks that a considerable standstill is being noticed in Armenian foreign policy during the past years. "It lacks of offence, activity, pre-emptive foreign-policy moves. The foreign-policy guiding lines should be formulated more vivid for the world community to have clearer notion of what Armenia expects from Moscow, Brussels and Washington," stressed the President of CAR.