Warmer U.S.-Russia relations better that would be for Armenia
The warmer U.S.-Russia relations are the better that would be for Armenia, according to former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.
"But at this time, such warming is still only a desire on everyone's part. There are still a series of very serious problems: NATO expansion, the American missile defense shield, as well as contentions over spheres of influence. It is especially the processes having to do with defining spheres of influence and the possible arrangements or understandings that they arrive at that will have serious impact on Armenia," Vartan Oskanian, head of Civilitas Foundation told PanARMENIAN.Net.
"Thus, we must do everything so that the perception of these two countries about Armenia be based on Armenia's compelementarity and not on specific recent events. Specifically, closer financial cooperation with Russia or the agreement signed about CSTO rapid deployment forces can be seen as a deviation from the policy of complementarity, if of course these steps are not followed by other steps which reaffirm the balance in Armenia's foreign policy," he said.
"But at this time, such warming is still only a desire on everyone's part. There are still a series of very serious problems: NATO expansion, the American missile defense shield, as well as contentions over spheres of influence. It is especially the processes having to do with defining spheres of influence and the possible arrangements or understandings that they arrive at that will have serious impact on Armenia," Vartan Oskanian, head of Civilitas Foundation told PanARMENIAN.Net.
"Thus, we must do everything so that the perception of these two countries about Armenia be based on Armenia's compelementarity and not on specific recent events. Specifically, closer financial cooperation with Russia or the agreement signed about CSTO rapid deployment forces can be seen as a deviation from the policy of complementarity, if of course these steps are not followed by other steps which reaffirm the balance in Armenia's foreign policy," he said.
