IRAN’S NEW REGIONAL POLICY AGAINST ARMENIA’S INTERESTS
news.am
Nov 9 2010
Armenia
Good relations between the South Caucasus countries and Iran to
counterbalance Russia and Turkey is not in Armenia’s political
interests, Gagik Harutyunyan, Director of the Noravank research
complex, told NEWS.am, commenting on the new tendencies in Iran’s
policy.
Despite the Iranian President’s anti-Russian rhetoric concerning
the failed sale of S-300 complexes, Iran is seeking to maintain the
balance in the South Caucasus to counterbalance Russia and Turkey
to get its “share” in the ongoing political process in the South
Caucasus. Evidence thereof is a visa-free regime with Georgia similar
to that established with Azerbaijan earlier.
“However, all this is against Armenia’s political interests. Any action
against Iran is against Armenia’s interests. Armenia has trade and
economic relations with Armenia. Under the circumstances Armenia must
exert every effort to ease tension surrounding Iran. There exists a
problem not talked about much: a possible war against Iran may be a
nuclear war, as, according to some information, Teheran has nuclear
weapons. Any nuclear war means an ecological disaster for Armenia,”
Harutyunyan said.
From: A. Papazian