ArmInfo.Political relations, and especially cooperation between Armenia and Iraqi Kurdistan are impossible by definition, - the president of the Middle East Institute Evgeny Satanovsky is convinced.
According to preliminary data, more than 95% of the population of Iraqi Kurdistan voted for the independence of the region from Iraq at the September 25 referendum. According to the official representative of the Supreme Independent Electoral Commission for the elections and referendum Shirvan Zarari, 3 million 305 thousand 925 people took part in the voting. The final results of the referendum will be made public within 72 hours after the voting ends.
"The referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan for obvious reasons, of course, caused some enthusiasm in Armenia, especially from the media, and there are enough reasons for inspiring Armenian public opinion in my memory." In this light, Armenia can be compared with emotional Israelis, also inspired by Israeli Media about and without, "he said.
The orientalist is convinced that such enthusiasm usually does not lead to anything real. Given the not the best overall history of the Kurds and Armenians, the latter should have no illusions about the cooperation with the Iraqi Kurdistan. In other words, the holding of a referendum, according to his forecasts, to the degree of development of Armenia's relations with Iraq or the Iraqi Kurdistan will not affect absolutely nothing. Most of the world leaders who spoke on the issue of the referendum in Kurdistan reacted negatively to this move by Erbil. Support was provided only by Israel. France took a neutral position.