The newspaper writes some Armenian experts claim that Russia’s intention to sell S-300 air defense system to Azerbaijan will be balanced by a new Yerevan-Moscow agreement extending terms of Russian base’s deployment in Armenia. “Russia’s attempt to maintain balance between Armenia and Azerbaijan is fraud and aims at comforting the Armenian side. I do not believe that Russia will ensure Armenia’s security, as Moscow’s interests do not coincide with ours. If Azerbaijan decides to resolve the Karabakh conflict through military means, I do not think that Russia will fully protect Armenia and use weapons against Azerbaijan,” the board member of Hunchakian party Hambik Safaryan stated.

According to him, the Azerbaijani-Russian relations have been recently improving. However, Armenia does not want to notice it, considering that Russia is our ally only and is not establishing relations with any Caucasian states.

Relations with Azerbaijan are very important for Russia from strategic viewpoint, as Azerbaijan is located in the center of oil pipelines and can play significant role. The country is bordering Iran and is Russia’s lever in the establishment of relations with Tehran, Safaryan noted.

“Taking into account the Azerbaijani-U.S. relations, we are really concerned, as until there is a confrontation between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the Karabakh issue is on the agenda, Azerbaijan’s increasing role will negatively affect the Karabakh peace process,” he concluded.