Monday, November 9 2020 12:17

ArmInfo. In geopolitical terms, Artsakh only played the role of a trigger. Such an opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by the former Deputy Foreign Minister of  Armenia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Arman  Navasardyan.

"The war provoked by Turkey and Azerbaijan has been prepared for a  long time. The fact is that this war is not limited to the framework  of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. The war in Artsakh is part of  Turkey's disastrous and very fundamental political, pan-Turkist  programs. The goal is to take Artsakh, cut off Syunik from Armenia.  and, together with Nakhijevan, join the Turkic world. The Armenian  wedge stood in the throat of neo-Ottomanism, "he stressed.

Nevertheless, according to the diplomat, in the 21st century, the  solution of geopolitical problems is largely determined not so much  by official policy, but rather by "soft power" diplomacy. In his  opinion, this circumstance has already been convincingly proved by  the Armenians in the course of the current Turkish- Azerbaijani war  of conquest by demonstrating the enormous political potential of the  Diaspora.

This potential, according to Navasardyan, became an additional  incentive in the world parade of demonstrating the entire potential  of the Armenians. The diplomat assesses such cohesion as one of the  most important national characteristics of Armenians. Meanwhile, the  struggle of a nation with such qualities will never end in defeat.  Assessing the state of the modern world as turbulent-crisis, he  believes that waging a war in such conditions turns Armenia into a  geopolitical player. And it gives the country the prospect of coming  out of this war, qualitatively changed and stronger.

Against this background, Russia, according to the diplomat, is faced  with the need to resolve multi-level problems. So if 5 years ago,  Moscow conditioned its participation in the hostilities in Syria by  the need to neutralize terrorists, today Erdogan brought these same  terrorists to the borders of Russia in Artsakh. In this light, the  diplomat does not feel the slightest doubt about the further  geography of the spread of terrorism:  the North Caucasus, southern  Russia, Central Asia.

"The appearance of Erdogan in the South Caucasus has already become a  serious test for Moscow. He has already turned Azerbaijan into a  Turkish vilayet. The next target will be Georgia, Iran is in danger,  etc. The Turks are now trying to reverse the 200-year-old struggle  with Russia for the Caucasus in their favor. It is necessary to  understand that the loss of the Caucasus by Russia will result in the  loss of the entire south, the loss, albeit unofficial, but the status  of the empire. The interests of Armenia and Russia in preventing such  a scenario completely coincide, "Navasardyan summed up.