Another moral victory
The Armenian-Russian agreements and the signing of an agreement on extending the operations of the Russian military base for 49 years amid Azerbaijan's belligerent statements and armament was a moral victory for Armenia," said today Head of Armenia's National Bureau of the Institute of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Nver Torosyan.
He noted that Aliyev's belligerent statements will even sound ridiculous in Azerbaijan now. According to Torosyan, this agreement counterbalances the military threat.
As far as the Armenian-Russian friendly and strategic relations and the Russian-Azerbaijani relations, especially the sale of the C-300 zenith-missile system are concerned, Nver Torosyan emphasizes: "We shouldn't envy Russia's relations with other countries. Besides, although the sale of the C-300 has been neither confirmed nor denied, Azerbaijan could have purchased the system from third countries."
Nver Torosyan is certain that the presidents of other CSTO-member countries also silently gave their consent to the bilateral agreements.
Even if the military aggression toward the unrecognized state of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is viewed as aggression toward CSTO-member Armenia, the forces of the organization must intervene and defend Armenia's security with this agreement.
"The CSTO's objective is to maintain peace and security in the region and the signed agreements are not aimed at third countries, but the maintenance of stability," said Nver Torosyan.
