Friday, July 15 2022 15:59

ArmInfo.The absence of preconditions at this stage of negotiations between Armenia and  Turkey is due to other Turkish interests in other regions. Political scientist Robert Ghevondyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

"Interests that are quite capable of influencing the process of the  Armenian-Turkish normalization. For example, in response to the  West's demand to ensure a certain level of relations with Armenia,  Turkey can gain geopolitical preferences in the same Syria.  Geopolitical games do not end with the Armenian-Turkish vector for  Ankara playing on different boards. This is the reason for the  numerous turns of Turkish policy in order to obtain the greatest  benefit on this or that board," he noted.

Against this background, Ghevondyan is convinced that at the first  attempt of Ankara to start talking with Yerevan again in the language  of preconditions, Armenia should immediately withdraw from the  negotiations. Because Turkish preconditions can go beyond the  Armenian red lines. In the opinion of the political scientist, taking  into account the stage of fairly rapid geopolitical transformations  in which the world is today, each player seeks to acquire new  political opportunities when the situation is entering a phase of  relative balance in order to use them in the future.

Against this background, Ghevondyan is not at all inclined to  completely and directly condition the Armenian-Turkish normalization  by the current processes between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The  political scientist sees their indirect influence on the  Armenian-Turkish process in parallel with the influence of the  Armenian-Russian, Russian-Turkish and Turkish-American relations.  

"One way or another, I am not a big optimist in terms of the  Armenian-Turkish prospects. And I do not expect the eradication of  enmity between our countries. At the same time, I am well aware that  the establishment of relations is possible with any enemy. The latest  example of which is the energy cooperation of the Russian Federation  with the West.  Hence a request for a lack of emotions and cold  calculation in the process of implementing Armenia's foreign policy.  Where cooperation is possible, we should cooperate. And where we see  a threat of going beyond our red lines, we must demonstrate  hostility," the political scientist summed up.