ArmInfo. Reachin concordance in respect to the issue of new transport corridors opening depend not only on Moscow and Tbilisi, Manvel Sargsyan, the Director of Armenian Center of Srategic and National Studies told ArmInfo.
On February 8 Grigori Karasin, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia stated that for opening the new transit corridor through Georgia is one more step needed - the most difficult and complicated one, accentuating that not only Georgia and Russia are interested in the implementation of 2011 agreements, but also Armenia.
The Agreement of November 9, 2011 assumes the trade corridors leading from Russia to Georgia passing through Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia within the participation of inrternational mediators, who will control and mark the cargo flows.
"International processes have changed their nature due to the election of the USA new President. Considering this, some projects available by now will loose their significance. And many countries try to re-estimate their policy in respect to new conditions, sometimes holding back off usual approaches," he mentioned.
The expert supposed that Georgia today tries to implement more balanced policy, because the fact it relied only on western states caused many problems for the country, and that is obvious. Of course, Russia would not deny this situation and it will suggest its projects. But the matter if Russia and Georgia could reach any concordance depends not only on Moscow or Tbilisi. Azerbaijanis and Turks could also state their positions," he summarized.
Karasin's Prague meeting with Georgian Special representative on communication with Moscow Zurab Abashidze was finished by taking a decision on rehabilitation of the Agreement on Trade Corridors (2011). Particularly, Karasin stated the serious progress in practice aspect"