ArmInfo.The very possibility of surrendering a part of the Artsakh territories to Azerbaijan is undoubtedly the continuation of the general political line of Russia. The director of the Armenian Center for Strategic and National Studies Manvel Sargsyan expressed such an opinion to ArmInfo.
On September 18, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian at the Armenia-Diaspora forum designated territories as possible territorial concessions, "in the transfer of which there will not be a threat to the security of Artsakh and will not be endangered by a final settlement of the conflict."
"In this light, the eagerness of the Russian media to raise the above-mentioned statement by the head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry does not look like a chance, but it is of course difficult to say whether Nalbandyan's step towards meeting his Russian counterparts was purposeful. Nevertheless such a policy have very dangerous consequences for Armenia, especially in the conditions of Russia's consistent strengthening of its leadership in the OSCE Minsk Group," the analyst said.
Sargsyan, in this light, singled out two more important circumstances. Moscow's attempts to deepen relations with Baku in the light of the scandal surrounding the journalistic investigation of the "Azerbaijan laundry" with all the attendant consequences. And also the embroilment of Azerbaijani information on the possible membership of the country in the EEU, which is already mentioned by representatives of the ruling party in Armenia.
"In this light, Artsakh, the problem around Artsakh is of interest to Russian politicians only in the context of the surrender of certain territories, which will allow Moscow to resolve its own agenda with Baku." With the periodic proposals of Moscow to the West over Artsakh, no one agrees, as they rest on the deployment of Russian peacekeepers. "That's the whole Russian interest, with which Nalbandian's recent statements closely co-exist," the analyst summed up.