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PUTIN WILL HAVE LESS PATIENCE TO SQUEEZE HANDS - ANALYST
Tert.am
26.01.12
The Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian leaders' recent meeting in
Russia's Sochi resort was the last trilateral presidential-level summit
over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, according to Richard Giragosyan,
the director of the Center for Regional Studies.
At a news conference on Thursday, the expert said the negotiation
format will change in case Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is
elected a president.
Giragosyan said the Putin-style regime will differ from his
predecessor's as the incumbent Russian premier will probably be less
patient to waste time on squeezing hands with his counterparts.
According to him, Putin is more likely to invite the conflicting
sides to a separate room to exert pressure on them.
The expert said further that such relations would be more effective
for Armenia given that Putin does not maintain friendly relations with
Serzh Sargsyan as he did with the second president, Robert Kocharyan.
Speaking of the outcomes of the Sochi meeting, Giragosyan referred to
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement which reflected
disappointment at Azerbaijan in connection with what he termed the
country's military diplomacy.
At the end, the expert called attention to Azerbaijani soldiers'
voluntary surrender to Armenia's armed forces, a factor which he said
reveals the existing problems in the Azerbaijani army.
From: Baghdasarian
Tert.am
26.01.12
The Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian leaders' recent meeting in
Russia's Sochi resort was the last trilateral presidential-level summit
over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, according to Richard Giragosyan,
the director of the Center for Regional Studies.
At a news conference on Thursday, the expert said the negotiation
format will change in case Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is
elected a president.
Giragosyan said the Putin-style regime will differ from his
predecessor's as the incumbent Russian premier will probably be less
patient to waste time on squeezing hands with his counterparts.
According to him, Putin is more likely to invite the conflicting
sides to a separate room to exert pressure on them.
The expert said further that such relations would be more effective
for Armenia given that Putin does not maintain friendly relations with
Serzh Sargsyan as he did with the second president, Robert Kocharyan.
Speaking of the outcomes of the Sochi meeting, Giragosyan referred to
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement which reflected
disappointment at Azerbaijan in connection with what he termed the
country's military diplomacy.
At the end, the expert called attention to Azerbaijani soldiers'
voluntary surrender to Armenia's armed forces, a factor which he said
reveals the existing problems in the Azerbaijani army.
From: Baghdasarian