ArmInfo.Stronger Russian-Iranian relations are directly related to Armenia, particularly, to Armenia's Syunik, political scientist Stepan Danielyan believes.
The expert immediately pointed out two important events that occurred on January 15. In particular, the defense ministers of Russia and Iran discussed issues of bilateral military and military-technical cooperation, and the heads of the foreign affairs departments of Iran and the Russian Federation reviewed the process of preparing the Agreement on Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation.
"This directly applies to Armenia, more precisely to the fate of Syunik, and possibly to the possible development of events in Artsakh, if traces of statehood and state policy still remain in Armenia," he noted.
At the same time, the political scientist believes that in all these processes the problem of Israel cannot be ignored.
"This needs to be viewed through the prism of the process of forming an Israeli and anti-Israeli coalition. In addition, the dividing lines are no longer divided by the logic of West-East, North-South, which is a new reality," the expert noted.
"It should also be noted, that a certain cooling is beginning to be observed in relations between Turkey and Russia, associated with a change in Turkey's position regarding Sweden's membership in NATO and Turkey's double game in the Ukrainian issue," he said.
According to Danielyan, it is natural that in the event of a possible change in relations between Turkey and Russia, relations between Russia and Eastern Turkey (Azerbaijan) will also change. "Naturally, drastic changes should not be expected, although drastic changes are possible in the context of the expected expansion and warming up of the theater of military operations in 2024," he noted.
In the context of Israel, the political scientist recalled that in 2020 Israel took an active part in the Artsakh war, in fact actively entering the Russian-Iranian sphere of influence, which the latter should not have liked, and now with their activity they are receiving an answer on the Gaza issue not in favor of Israel.
"Another mistake of Israel is in the moral sphere, which has great political significance. The society that created statehood thanks to the mobilization of Jews on the idea of the Holocaust, firstly, opposed the Armenians who survived the Genocide in Artsakh, and secondly, itself organized the Holocaust of the Palestinians. This may become a factor in the demoralization of Jews both in domestic and foreign policy spheres.
The words of the Israeli Foreign Minister, accusing Turkey of the Armenian genocide, sounded especially cynical in response to Turkey's accusations of the Palestinian genocide. Israel's gross political and moral mistakes cannot remain without consequences," the expert said.