SOUTH CAUCASUS – COMPETITION FIELD FOR MOSCOW AND ANKARA
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24.08.2009 18:59 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ South Caucasus remains a competition field for Moscow
and Ankara, RA NAS Oriental Studies Institute Director, Turkish studies
specialist Ruben Safrsastyan told a news conference in Yerevan. "Over
the recent years, serious progress has been observed in Russian-Turkish
relations. Apart from gas contracts, Russian company won a bid for
constructing a nuclear power plant in Turkey, Moscow’s current policy
cardinally differs from the policy conducted in the 1990s," expert
noted. Nevertheless, he doesn’t think Russia will ever make any step
posing a threat to its bases deployed in Armenia. "Armenia’s stability
is important for Moscow. Besides. Russia attaches more significance
geopolitical economic vs. economic interests," Professor noted.
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