Tuesday, May 3 2022 13:31

ArmInfo.Very soon the South Caucasus, and indeed the entire post- Soviet space, will face completely new geopolitical realities.  Senior fellow at the Georgian  Strategic Analysis Center, political scientist Gela Vasadze expressed  a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

"Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the world has changed  and continues to change. And we, Georgia and Armenia, must clearly  understand that all these global transformations can not but affect  the South Caucasus. I think that, among other things, the recent  study visit of Foreign Minister of Georgia Ilia Darchiashvili to  Armenia also reflected an understanding of these realities," he  noted.

According to the Georgian expert, the mention by the Foreign  Ministers of Armenia and Georgia during the final communique of  Yerevan, the importance of cooperation between Yerevan and Tbilisi in  the process of forming the North-South international transport and  logistics corridor is also extremely important in the context of  international sanctions against the Russian Federation.  -    

According to Vasadze, in reality, the transport corridor connecting  the Persian Gulf with the Black Sea has been operating for a long  time. And in light of the fact that since recently almost all  logistics routes have begun to bypass the territory of the Russian  Federation, the load on transit routes through the South Caucasus is  only growing and will continue to grow in the future. Which, in the  expert's opinion, gives additional relevance and importance to the  infrastructure projects being implemented in Georgia and Armenia.

"I believe that everyone already understands that all this is not  enough to increase the transit potential of our region. There is an  obstacle - closed borders. In this light, Georgia is most interested  in establishing a lasting peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan.  Taking into account the fact that this is not only a matter of  development for us, but also a matter of Georgia 's security, the  maximum efforts to achieve peace in the region are undoubtedly in the  interests of Tbilisi. I think that the ongoing meetings of the  Armenian and Azerbaijani leadership at various levels give us hope  for a peaceful future for our common region," the Georgian expert  concluded.