April 6, 2009 - 22:55 AMT
"Armenian chapter" of Georgian foreign policy doctrine symbolic
Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze's statement can't be welcomed, a Russian expert said.

"Earlier, Georgian foreign policy priorities were as follows: "strategic partnership" with the United States, Ukraine, Turkey and Azerbaijan, partnership with Russia and "pragmatic cooperation" with Armenia. These definitions were doubtful from the very beginning. And we all know the result of partnership with Russia," Andrey Areshev, expert at Strategic Culture Foundation, told PanARMENIAN.Net.

He also pointed out to the fact that Vashadze's statement echoed rumors about soonest normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations. Nevertheless, the "Armenian chapter" of Georgian foreign policy doctrine will be symbolic, according to the expert.

"Yerevan had better follow its policy of complementarity, maintaining relations with Russia and intensifying cooperation with Iran," Areshev said.