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10 October 2002 - 18:20 AMT

IT ONLY ENOUGH TO CUT OFF ARMENIA FROM IRAN AND IT WOULD BE IN “TURKISH BAG”, THINKS COUNCILOR OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER

“The Goble American program can not be an issue for discussion for Yerevan – it is only enough to cut off Armenia from Iran and it would be in “Turkish bag”, this opinion was expressed by councilor of the Russian foreign minister, RF ex-ambassador to Armenia Vladimir Stupishin. According to him, Armenia is taken by Moscow as a bulwark of anti-globalization and anti-Turkic expansion. “Not large countries are quite able to gain independence, of course if they have good neighbors”, noted Stupishin, citing as an example Luxemburg and Germany, Malta and Italy. Concerning indignation of Azeri and Turkish politicians regarding the opportunity of the Armenian people to have two states – Armenia and NKR, the councilor of the RF foreign minister suggested to count the number of Turkic-speaking states- Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, etc.