Safrastyan: Armenia’s role in Middle East may grow due to its allied relations with Russia
13.03.2017,
17:35
Armenia’s allied relations with Russia are able to increase its role across the Middle East, Ruben Safrastyan, the director of the Institute of Oriental Studies at the National Academy of Sciences, told a news conference today, citing Russia’s successes in Syria.
YEREVAN, March 13. /ARKA/. Armenia’s allied relations with Russia are able to increase its role across the Middle East, Ruben Safrastyan, the director of the Institute of Oriental Studies at the National Academy of Sciences, told a news conference today, citing Russia’s successes in Syria.
‘As a result, Russia's influence in the Middle East is growing, as is the role of Armenia as a country hosting a Russian military base,’ Safrastyan said.
"In addition, we have weapons provided by Russia with several hundred kilometers shooting range - up to the Middle East, making Armenia a factor of influence in the region," Safrastyan said.
According to the political scientist, in such a situation Russia will not abandon Armenia as an ally, while the geopolitical situation obliges Yerevan to maintain its allied relations with Moscow.
On Russian-Turkish relations, Safrastyan said he was sure that they will not go beyond a certain level, first of all, because of Turkey's membership in NATO, with which Russia has aggravated relations.
According to Safrastyan, the interests of these two countries in terms of strategies not only do not coincide, but in some cases are contrasted both in the Middle East and in the South Caucasus. -0-
‘As a result, Russia's influence in the Middle East is growing, as is the role of Armenia as a country hosting a Russian military base,’ Safrastyan said.
"In addition, we have weapons provided by Russia with several hundred kilometers shooting range - up to the Middle East, making Armenia a factor of influence in the region," Safrastyan said.
According to the political scientist, in such a situation Russia will not abandon Armenia as an ally, while the geopolitical situation obliges Yerevan to maintain its allied relations with Moscow.
On Russian-Turkish relations, Safrastyan said he was sure that they will not go beyond a certain level, first of all, because of Turkey's membership in NATO, with which Russia has aggravated relations.
According to Safrastyan, the interests of these two countries in terms of strategies not only do not coincide, but in some cases are contrasted both in the Middle East and in the South Caucasus. -0-
