Forecast: War in Artsakh can develop into World War III

ArmInfo. The war in Artsakh is capable of escalating into the World War III. A similar opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by the former head of the Artsakh Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Arman  Melikyan.

"Such an apocalyptic scenario will become possible if Turkey  initiates hostilities directly on the border with Armenia. In this  case, the intervention of Russia and Iran will become inevitable and  turn the entire current geopolitical combination to the level of a  world war," Melikyan predicts.

The essence of what is happening, according to the diplomat, is the  gradual but steady movement of the wave generated by the "Arab  spring" of violence to the East. As a result, this wave has already  reached the borders of the South Caucasus. According to Melikyan's  estimates, many rather serious international players have a great  interest in pushing this wave to the East.

This fairly large geopolitical project, according to his estimates,  is aimed at changing the very political image of Eurasia. Its target  is the entire vast region, and one of its goals is the revitalization  of the Turkic world. In this process, Turkey is assigned the role of  main driver. In this light, the diplomat considers Armenia's task to  fully ensure its own interests.

"In light of and taking into account all of the above, both Russia  and Iran are potential allies of Armenia in these games. Especially  considering that in the event of an increase in the scale of the  current war, Iran may well become a target. It should be realized  that Turkey's advance will be accompanied by the retreat of Russia.  Meanwhile, Russia has nowhere to retreat. Since one more step back  will turn this retreat into an endless one, "the diplomat predicts.

Commenting on the current situation at the front, Melikyan noted the  breakdown of the enemy's belligerence, the absence of significant  achievements in the war provoked by Azerbaijan, as well as huge human  losses and losses of military equipment. All this, according to the  diplomat, has already led to the transfer of power in Azerbaijan from  Aliyev to Turkey. And according to Melikyan's forecasts, the  Azerbaijani people will feel the consequences of this for a long  time. For Armenia and Artsakh, the war provided an opportunity to  solve such issues that the Armenian republics could not solve in  peacetime.