EXPERTS DISCUSS NEW POLICY OF UNITED STATES AT POST-SOVIET SPACE

Baku, 25 November,(AzerTAj)A round-table entitled “The United States at the Post-Soviet Space: New Policy” attended by politicians, scientists, parliamentarians of State Duma and representatives of media, was held in Moscow.

Discussed were issues of the US policy at the CIS space after THE election of Barak Obama as president OF THE United States.

According to the director of the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Victor Kremnyuk, the major function of the policy of the United
States and Canada will be containment of Russia. He noted that in the American
policy on post-soviet space there is no system. “There is benefiting of separate
moments, including the faults of Russia,” he stressed. The expert considers that the
US new president Barak Obama who sounded the thesis that “Russia should not be
shouldered aside, it is necessary to start establishment of relations with Moscow
afresh.”
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma International Affairs Committee Yuliy Kvitsinsky,
commenting settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, stated
that resolution to the problem would depend only on Azerbaijan and Armenia. At his
words, “it is necessary to attentively watch the negotiations between the leaders of
Azerbaijan and Armenia. Barak Obama understands it and he will not run risks in the
relations with one of these countries. The said policy is pursued by both super
mediator states. He, relevantly, will support this policy,” the Deputy underlined.
Other speakers at the event have analyzed different aspects of the problem.
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