Opinion: Armenian authorities deliberately sacrificing country`s  sovereignty for Anglo-Saxon and Turkish interests

ArmInfo.The United States is opposed to Yerevan receiving any explicit security guarantees from  the Americans' geopolitical enemies - Moscow and Tehran. Armenian political scientist Benjamin Matevosyan holds a similar opinion.  

The expert recalled that a few days prior, James O'Brien, the US Deputy  Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, had stated that "a future  centered around the alliance of Russia and Iran as the main  participants in the security of the region [the South Caucasus] is  unstable and undesirable, especially for the governments of Armenia  and Azerbaijan." "This statement by the American official means the  following: Russia and Iran are offering Armenia security guarantees.  Although Washington has been made aware of this, but the US's stance  is that they oppose Yerevan receiving any clear security guarantees  from the their geopolitical enemies - Moscow and Tehran. This is the  primary issue at hand," the political scientist believes.

Secondly, according to Matevosyan, the Armenian Prime Minister's  visit to the Turkish House and his request to Recep Tayyip Erdogan to  become a mediator in the negotiation process with Azerbaijan indicate  that Nikol Pashinyan has chosen the path of integrating the country  into the Turkic world without security guarantees for Armenia, but  with prospects for himself personally.

"Considering Turkey's role as a NATO operator in the Transcaucasus,  it is obvious that Pashinyan's approach has been endorsed by the  Americans," the expert believes.  At the same time, he drew attention  to the fact that this is not the first time that James O'Brien, as  well as former heads of the French Foreign Ministry, former NATO  Secretary General and other "white gentlemen" have made statements  about "Armenia's strategic choice". They dictate what Armenia should  do and what "is in its interests", while also accusing Armenia's  allies Russia and Iran of various ideas, including crimes against  Armenia itself and Artsakh. Despite this, the Armenian Foreign  Ministry, government  apparatus and other official structures in  Yerevan remain silent. "They do not comment in any way on statements  that clearly interfere in the internal affairs of the Republic of  Armenia. The Armenian authorities consistently and purposefully  sacrifice the country's sovereignty for Anglo-Saxon and Turkish  interests," Matevosyan concluded.