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Azerbaijanâ€™s ruling party: Armenian-Russian military protocol leads to military-political balance upset in the South Caucasusâ€

24 August 2010 10:32 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Rashad Suleymanov â€“ APA. â€œAzerbaijan should take measures within its opportunities to solve the situation. Otherwise it will be difficult to predict the processes in the South Caucasusâ€, said Executive Secretary of the Azerbaijanâ€™s ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP), member of the parliament Ali Ahmadov expressing opinion about the Russian-Armenian deal for prolongation of the Russian military baseâ€™s deployment in Gyumri, Armenia, APA reports.

YAP Executive Secretary said he strongly opposed the Russian-Armenian deal for prolongation of the term of deployment of the Russian military base in Armenia and said it led to military-political balance upset in the South Caucasus. â€œOn the other hand, Russia carries out the mission of mediator in the settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and its deal with one of the conflict parts created serious doubts of its unbiased mediatory missionâ€.

The member of the parliament said Azerbaijan should strengthen its forces to liberate its occupied lands and to keep the balance between the forces.

â€œThe Russian officials say that the protocol will not have a negative impact on the process of settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. We will believe it up to definite time. Azerbaijan is expecting from the Russian presidentâ€™s visit to Baku in autumn to create a balance and to express reactionâ€, said Ahmadov.

He added that YAP expresses concern over the developments and is negotiating the issue with the Russian ruling United Russia Party.

In his opinion, if the military-political balance is disrupted, it needs to take relevant measures to prevent it and there can be different versions. Expressing opinion about the reports on deployment of a Turkish military base in Nakhchivan to neutralize the Russian-Armenian latest agreement, Ahmadov said there were relevant agreements given authorities to Turkey to enhance security of Nakhchivan. â€œThis is a Turkeyâ€™s duty and Turkey is working in this field. We need to search for other forms and formats to secure the military-political balance in the South Caucasusâ€.