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1 February 2007 - 12:37 AMT

Putin advised Yerevan and Baku to establish relations

During Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press conference in Moscow asked about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict Putin advised Armenia and Azerbaijan to establish relations independently. Particularly, the head of Russian State stated that the two countries could, say, jointly produce an inexpensive alcoholic drink like ‘Aghdam’ port, which was very popular during Soviet times. Asked why Russia needs military base in Armenia, Vladimir Putin answered Russian bases in CIS come still from former USSR. In his words, the base in Armenia is not aimed against any country in the region, including Azerbaijan, Lenta.ru reports.