International affairs expert, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute Sergey Minasyan considers Russian President Dmitri Medvedev's upcoming official visit to Armenia very important for Armenia for different reasons.
"The first is the military-political block. I think the sides will sign important documents and of course, there will be talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," said Minasyan.
Minasyan doesn't believe that there will be a turning point in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, but it is clear that Russia will show that it is the number one role-player in the conflict settlement.
The talks on economic cooperation, particularly the energy sphere, will also be of importance for Armenia.
"In the long run, the most important issue for Armenia's political and economic development is that of the nuclear power station in addition to the Armenia-Iran railway, energetic projects and Armenia's military security.
Minasyan finds that though Armenia is a country that is rich with water resources, life has shown that it is impossible to maintain an economy without an nuclear power station.
"The presence of a nuclear power station will allow Armenia to export energy to neighboring countries. In that sense, the nuclear power station is of great significance and under these conditions, it would be hard to find any other country besides Russia to take on the implementation of the financial and technical project because it has an absolute monopoly of building an nuclear power station in our region," he said.
