Monday, June 20 2022 16:36

ArmInfo.The loss of Artsakh will result in unpredictable and radical changes in the geopolitical landscape of the South Caucasus, Foreign Minister of the Nagorno-  Karabakh Republic (NKR) David Babayan stated at the presentation of  the book entitled "Karabakh conflict and foreign policy of Republic  of Artsakh." 

According to him, whether Artsakh exists or does not exist, and  whether it is part or nor part of Azerbaijan really matters. 

"Loss of Artsakh will result in unpredictable radical changes in the  geopolitical landscape of the region, which will form an entirely  different global situation. I am not exaggerating. Even small points  are crucial for the region's future, including in the global  respect," Mr Babayan said. 

In this context, he suggests imagining that Artsakh is no more. In  this case, one of the policies that will be dominating in the  Transcaucasus is Pan-Turkism, which will cause further processes,  such as expansion of Pan-Turkism into Central Asia, Northern Caucasia  and Near East, as far as China. 

"That would create a radically different situation. And the most  important thing is that we realize geopolitics has its own rules. We  have entered an era of barefaced geopolitics, with norms and ideology  being of secondary importance. But it does not mean we should not  know our past and future. At present many of us do not know what  Artsakh and Karabakh is. Who is to blame - the superpowers or the  Turks?  So we ourselves must understand our strong and weak points,"  Mr Babayan said. 

He recalled the four resolutions by the U.N. Security Council  Azerbaijan is appealing to and interpreting in its own way. 

"But all the four resolutions by the U.N. Security Council recognize  Artsakh as an entity. If Azerbaijan claims they contain points on  territorial integrity, the same documents recognize Nagorno-Karabakh  as an entity. It is written there in black and white that the local  Armenian forces are independents of either Armenia or Azerbaijan. And  we must speak of that," Mr Babayan said.