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    WITHOUT ARMENIA RUSSIA MAY LOSE SOUTH CAUCASUS: ANALYST

    /ARKA/
    September 30, 2010
    YEREVAN

    An Armenian political analyst warned today that without Armenia Russia
    may lose the South Caucasus.

    Speaking at the fifth Conference on Problems of Security and
    Information Cooperation in South Caucasus , Alexander Iskanderian,
    director of the Yerevan -based Caucasian Media Institute (CMI) said
    if Russia loses Armenia or revises radically its Armenian policy it
    will have to depart from the South Caucasus.

    He said Armenia is interested in Russia because it is a crucial
    partner, a guarantor of its security. "It is not Russia's physical
    presence in Armenia that matters most, it is the fact that Russia
    plays a special role in ensuring Armenia's military security, in
    political risks and economy,' he said, reminding that Russia is one
    of the largest investors in Armenian economy and many projects here
    requiring huge investments depend on Moscow.

    'If Russia did not exit Armenia would have quite a different position
    in the region, but in the current conditions there is nothing to
    replace their partnership,' he said, adding that neither Georgia nor
    Russia would ever replace Armenia. He said if Russia wants to maintain
    its presence in the Caucuses that embraces also Iran and Turkey and
    stay in the format that is in place now it will have to follow its
    current policy for several years to come.'

    The three-day conference is organized by the Russia RIA Noviosti news
    agency and the administration of Armenian president.




    From: A. Papazian
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