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Armenian politicians: â€œIf the war started with Iran, West would switch green light to Azerbaijan for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict by military meansâ€

03 July 2012 17:02 (UTC +04:00)

â€œArmenia seriously approaches the war of Western countries with Iran and considers it as threat on the part of Azerbaijanâ€

Moscow. Farid Akberov â€“ APA. â€œRussia is not concerned about selling of weapons to Azerbaijan by Israel,â€ said president of Institute of Religion and Policy, politician Alexander Ignatenko in TV Moscow-Yerevan in Information Agency RIA Novosti, APAâ€™s Moscow correspondent reports: â€œAt the same time defense cooperation can be between Israel and Azerbaijan.â€

Director of Caucasus Institute in Yerevan Alexander Isgandaryan said that Armenian is concerned about the situation in Iran. He said that Armenia has both political and economic relations with Iran: â€œThe border of Iran and Armenia is open in comparison with other region countries and Iran gives a significant contribution to the economy of Armenia.â€ Isganderyan said that Armenia is only country allowed by the US to establish relations with Iran at a high level: â€œApplication of sanction against Iran by the European Union will strike the economy of Armenia.â€

Commenting the selling of weapons to Azerbaijan by Israel the Armenian politician said that he didnâ€™t believe the Western countries will use from Azerbaijan against Iran: â€œI donâ€™t think that I the war started, Azerbaijan wouldnâ€™t allow to use from its territory against Iranâ€.

Senior scientist of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, politician Vladimir Sajin said that results of the sections of the UN Security Council, the US and European Union show itself: â€œAccording to official information, inflation is 405 in Iran. International Affairs Committee of Iranian Supreme Majlis has already started discussions on closing of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has no other way and thus it wanted to respond to sanctions. If Iran closed the Strait, then the war would be inevitable.â€

Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies Ruben Safrastyan said that in the event of war with Iran, Azerbaijan will use this: â€œAzerbaijan is using the occasion, try to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by military means. Western nations, particularly the U.S., this will give Azerbaijan a green light. Therefore, Armenia seriously approaches the war of Western countries with Iran and considers situation as a threat on the part of Azerbaijan.â€

Armenian politicians have also expressed relating to Iranâ€™s role as a mediator in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. According Iskandaryan, in the current political situation in Iranâ€™s participation as a mediator is not possible: â€œArmenia is a part of Iran as a mediator. However, from a practical point of view, it is impossible, because the current solution to the problem deals with the OSCE Minsk Group and Iran is not a member of this organization. I think that to transfer the settlement of the conflict from one format to another is impossible.