ArmInfo. Russia's recognition of the independence of the DPR and LPR will not add anything new to the general conflict with the West. Former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Artsakh, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Arman Melikyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the independence of the LPR and the DPR. In addition, the Russian leader, the heads of the LPR and DPR Leonid Pasechnik and Denis Pushilin signed an agreement on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance.
According to Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, the agreements signed with the DPR and LPR allow for the deployment of Russian military bases in the Donbass. However, this has not yet been discussed. In turn, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Russian authorities guarantee the security of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics in accordance with the agreements signed with them.
"In general, the very problem of these territories does not imply a quick resolution. And the current position of Moscow, in my opinion, does not even contain reasons for special optimism among the population of the now recognized republics. I think that the current suspended situation will last another 10 years, and I link its solution, as well as the solution of some other problems, with a more global process. Namely, with the completion of the decisive phase of the already unfolding process of reformatting on the scale of the Eurasian continent," he forecasts.
According to the diplomat, for a number of reasons, both Russia and the United States, are interested in achieving the maximum intensity of the situation around Ukraine without their own direct involvement, including military involvement. At the same time, in his opinion, Moscow does not at all set the goal of a military invasion of Ukraine and the escalation of the current conflict into a full-scale war.
According to Melikyan, the main participants in the process are making every effort to create as much noise as possible around Ukraine, of course, with the exception of Ukraine itself. And the fact that they are quite successful in this, in his opinion, once again shows that this has practically nothing to do with the solution of the Ukrainian problem itself. According to the diplomat, the most hostile military-political rhetoric, pumping the region with weapons, instructors and volunteers is suggested by the very current logic of the geopolitical process. Nevertheless, according to his forecasts, all this can only result in a local aggravation of the conflict within the same south-east of Ukraine.