Armenia is Russia's most important ally in South Caucasus
Formally, Russia and Azerbaijan are strategic partners, a Russian expert said.
"However, relations between Armenia and Russia are quite different. Moscow and Yerevan are political and military allies," Mikhail Alexandrov, head of the Caucasus department at Moscow's Institute for Commonwealth of Independent States, said when commenting on Declaration on Cooperation signed during Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Baku.
For his part, deputy director of the Institute Vladimir Yegorov said that Armenia is Russia's most important ally in the South Caucasus.
He also informed that the Institute will hold an international conference on Caucasus problems in Yerevan in October.
"However, relations between Armenia and Russia are quite different. Moscow and Yerevan are political and military allies," Mikhail Alexandrov, head of the Caucasus department at Moscow's Institute for Commonwealth of Independent States, said when commenting on Declaration on Cooperation signed during Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Baku.
For his part, deputy director of the Institute Vladimir Yegorov said that Armenia is Russia's most important ally in the South Caucasus.
He also informed that the Institute will hold an international conference on Caucasus problems in Yerevan in October.
