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    ARMENPRESS

    KOCHARIAN QUESTIONS EX-PRESIDENT'S KNOWLEDGE OF
    GEOGRAPHY

    YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 1, ARMENPRESS: President Robert
    Kocharian has questioned today ex-president Levon
    Ter-Petrosian's knowledge of geography saying a person
    (Ter-Petrosian) who declares that Azerbaijan is
    Armenia's only conduit with the outer world must have
    vague knowledge of geography.
    Kocharian made the remark in a reference to
    Ter-Petrosian's words that Armenia's main conduit to
    the outside world was Azerbaijan and its railway used
    to handle 85 percent of Armenia's external cargo
    turnover under the Soviets. Ter-Petrosian said this
    while campaigning in Gegharkunik province on January
    30.
    Speaking to journalists Robert Kocharian said Azeri
    railways used to be part of the former Soviet Union's
    cargo transportation system and Armenia did not run
    its own foreign trade at that time.
    `This means that some people have poor knowledge of
    today's foreign trade structure. Armenia carries out
    its foreign trade with Georgia and Russia through
    Georgia and by ferryboats across the Black Sea,'
    Kocharian said.
    He also suggested that Ter-Petrosian's statement
    should be looked at from a different perspective.
    `Negotiations over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
    continue with Azerbaijan hoping to use oil revenues to
    archive success and is trying to toughen its stance.
    Armenia's ex-presidnet announces that apart from oil
    advantage Azerbaijan has also geographic advantage
    over Armenia and is the sole conduit for Armenia to
    the outer world... If Azeri officials have the same
    level of geography knowledge it is then clear that
    they will try to further toughen their stance over the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In general, Ter-Petrosian's
    liking of Azerbaijan is beginning suspicious giving
    rise to a set of questions,' Kocharian said.
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