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    NAGORNO -KARABAKH'S TIES WITH RUSSIA SHOULD BE AS STRONG AS WITH ARMENIA -RUSSIAN EXPERT SAYS

    YEREVAN, October 31. / ARKA /. Nagorno-Karabakh's ties with Russia
    should be as strong as with Armenia, Mikhail Alexandrov, head of the
    Caucasus Department of the CIS Institute in Moscow, told ARKA.

    Alexandrov is one of many historians, researchers and political
    analysts from Russia and the Caucasus taking part in an international
    conference in Moscow dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Gulistan
    Treaty The Gulistan Treaty concluded between imperial Russia and
    Persia in 1813 as a result of the first Russia-Persian confirmed
    inclusion of modern day Azerbaijan, Dagestan and Eastern Georgia into
    the Russian Empire.

    "Nagorno-Karabakh was the first Armenian state to have joined Russia.

    This is recorded in the Gulistan Treaty, and to some extent Russia is
    more responsible for Nagorno-Karabakh than the modern-day Armenia,"
    Alexandrov said.

    According to him, this aspect of the Gulistan Treaty was voiced at
    the conference, but in modern politics it is not present.

    "This is a very important aspect. The treaty defined the role of
    Russia as the main foreign power in the region. This is prescribed
    by the treaty. This should now be realized by all," he said.

    He added that the treaty laid the basic parameters for the existence
    of the Caucasus in the last 200 years, and not only of the Caucasus,
    but also parts of Russia's North Caucasus. He said this is why this
    treaty is of fundamental importance for the situation that now exists
    in the Caucasus and the Caspian region.

    He said according to some reports at the conference, the status of
    the Caspian Sea is also largely determined by the parameters that
    were laid in the Gulistan Treaty. "So, it is quite right to mark the
    200th anniversary of this important event," he said.

    The purpose of the conference, he said, is to emphasize the historical
    significance of the Gulistan Treaty, and also to consider its relevance
    to the current situation in the Caucasus.

    He said the historians and researchers are from Russia, Armenia and
    Russia's republic of Dagestan. A representative of the Talysh people
    is expected to also make a report.

    'Unfortunately, we do not have scientists from Azerbaijan, but
    Azerbaijani reporter has arrived in Moscow to cover this event. In
    my opinion, they are even more than Armenian reporters,' he said.

    A debate today at the conference was to discuss the impact of the
    Gulistan Treaty on the political development of the Caucasus, including
    the Caspian problems, inter-ethnic relations, and the relationship
    of the Caucasian states and the influence of the great powers.

    The results of the discussions will be summarized in a newsletter
    that will be posted at www.materik.ru. .-0-

    - See more at:
    http://arka.am/en/news/politics/nagorno_karabakh_s_ties_with_russia_should_be_as_s trong_as_with_armenia_russian_expert_says/#sthash.9RcRy71v.dpuf


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