Turkologist: Accompanied by strengthening of Turkish-Azerbaijani  tandem, the weakening of Artsakh and Armenia of Russia is  unprofitable

ArmInfo. Accompanied by the strengthening of the Turkish- Azerbaijani tandem, the weakening of Artsakh and Armenia of Russia is unprofitable. The director of the  Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, professor Ruben Safrastyan expressed this opinion to ArmInfo.

"After all, no one has yet canceled the struggle for influence in the  South Caucasus between Russia and Turkey, and therefore, Moscow will  not allow any decisions on Artsakh without taking into account the  opinion and, accordingly, the interests of Armenia - it simply does  not proceed from its interests In turn, Ankara will always raise the  Karabakh problem before Moscow, but I do not see the desire to go to  meet the Turks in this issue, "the Turkologist said.

On the eve of the meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin,  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced discussion of other  issues and the Karabakh problem at the meeting. Erdogan expressed the  supposition that if the Russian colleague is concentrated on this  issue, it "will be easily solved".

The turkologist reminded that a certain Russian-Turkish rapprochement  takes place against the backdrop of total contradictions in the  regional interests of Russia and NATO Turkey. Meanwhile, as the only  ally of Russia in the Caucasus, Armenia, according to his estimates,  is of significant geopolitical interest for Moscow, especially  considering the location of the 102nd RVB in Gyumri.

"In this light, it seems that there is no prospect of greater  rapprochement between Russia and Turkey, and the achievement of a  consensus between Moscow and Ankara on the issue of Artsakh is even  more unlikely," Safrastyan summed up.  The OSCE Minsk Group has been  dealing with the settlement of the Karabakh conflict since 1992,  represented by the co-chairs from Russia, the United States and  France. Currently, the settlement process is based on the Madrid  Principles put forward by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs in 2007 and  updated in 2009, among other things, providing for the deployment of  a peacekeeping contingent in the conflict  zone.