Thursday, November 24 2016 15:46

ArmInfo. Iran's interest in Armenia does not state a capsulation of alliance.  Also the August  Presidential summit in Baku is not an evidence of "Eurasian triangle" formulation, Sergey Markedonov, well known Russian expert,  shared  his opinion to ArmInfo.  "For today both in Caucasus and Middle East region the   priorities are not the alliances, but the situation- based an  selective cooperation. From this point of view Tehran is interested  in Armenia, as well as in Azerbaijan and Georgia. And those, who will  be able to adjust players' interests to own position, will heva  maximum benefits," he mentioned. 

In this context the expert states the importance of Hassan Rouhani's  visit to Armenia, mentioning that having occupied the post of the  President, he didn't visit Armenia, but visited Baku twice.  Markedonov marked the military-political contexts of those visits.  First visit  was congruent to shooting down the Armenian helicopter,  and the Summit 2016 took place several months after April combat  operation. 

Mentioning, that Iran didn't take Armenia's side, the expert  accentuates that this turned the situation not for Yerevan's  benefits. The foreign policy of Iran is not so simple, as it may seem  at first look. 

 "In the Caucasus policy Tehran accentuates  the intention to rule  out  any intervening of USA  and its allies. Iran is open for the  cooperation with Caucasus countries and with Russia and Turkey in  "33" format, preferring not to make any final choice between Armenia  and Azerbaijan, Gerorgia and Russia,"Markedonov says.