ArmInfo. Armenia will strive for good relations with Russia, but not because of the convictions of the new authorities, but on the basis that they have no other acceptable choice. Second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan stated this in an interview with the "168 Zham" newspaper.
He noted that as a result, all this will lead to the appearance of inconsistency, as well as the vagueness of foreign policy objectives. "All this is already evident today. The problem is that the worldviews of the new team in power in Armenia and the ruling elite of Russia are diametrically different from each other. And this factor will always slip in bilateral relations," the second president of Armenia stressed.
Kocharyan noted that there are many people in the government who had lived for many years for grants from the Soros Foundation. These people, according to him, poorly know and understand Russia and its culture.
Regarding the increase in the price of Russian gas for Armenia, Kocharyan said that consumers will pay for this, one way or another, in whatever light the government would try to present this issue.
To note, second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, is under arrest. He is accused of overthrowing the Constitutional system on March 1, 2008.