No future for Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh - Russian expert 

ArmInfo.Russian expert, Professor Evgeny Satanovsky has expressed his opinion on the future  of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians in the context of present-day Turkish- Azerbaijani relations. 

In his interview with Ermenihaber, he commented on Turkish President  Recep Erdogan's statement that Russian peacekeepers will leave  Nagorno-Karabakh in 2025, the expert said that in this case the  Armenians' future in that territory is greatly doubtful. "If no other  decision is made as a result of the interaction between the  presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan, everything else is technical  problems," he said. 

He noted that after the 2020 war, great changes have taken place in  the region. "After the war, Turkey signed the Shusha Declaration with  Azerbaijan, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan recognized  Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan. After that, Azerbaijani  President Ilham Aliyev clearly stated that the Armenians living in  Nagorno-Karabakh either receive Azerbaijani citizenship, Azerbaijani  passports and live according to today's Azerbaijani laws, or let them  leave,," Satanovsky said.

He noted that in this situation, the Armenian people need, while  there is still time, to save the civilian population of  Nagorno-Karabakh, first of all, women and children. "As for the  future of the Armenians living in Karabakh within the framework of  today's Turkish-Azerbaijani relations, I do not believe in it, as  well as in the future of Armenians in Turkey," Mr Satanovsky said.