Armenian authorities creating `security delusion` amid security  threats - expert 

ArmInfo.  The formulations used by the head of the Armenian Foreign Intelligence Service Kristine Grigoryan regarding the existence of threats to democracy in  Armenia fit into the anti-Russian propaganda encouraged by the  current government.

Political scientist Suren Surenyants expressed this opinion on his  Facebook page, reacting to the statement of the head of the Foreign  Intelligence Service that "at the moment, military threats are  minimal, but there are threats to democracy."

"Thus, today the "arrow" of the threat to Armenia is directed not  towards Azerbaijan, but towards Russia, which confirms that the  Armenian authorities are inclined to accept the conditions of  Azerbaijani vassalage," Surenyants believes.

Against this background, according to him, an imitation of peace is  being created that has nothing to do with reality. However, as the  political scientist noted, the reality is this: Azerbaijan, by not  signing a peace treaty, is keeping the door to war open. "At the same  time, Armenia remains blockaded, and part of our country is still  occupied. Moreover, the main danger to our democracy comes from  within - from the authoritarian tendencies of the government of  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan," the expert emphasized.

Summing up the above, Sureniants drew attention to the dangerous  tendency to create an "illusion of security" in society, in the  context of the persistence of key threats facing Armenia and  requiring responsible policies.

On September 15, on the sidelines of an international conference, the  head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Armenia Kristine  Grigoryan stated that "the level of military threats to Armenia is  currently extremely low." She also assured that a couple of months  ago these threats were much higher, but the process of delimitation  and demarcation of the border with Azerbaijan largely contributed to  reducing the risks of renewed hostilities. Meanwhile, according to  her, the country faces hybrid threats to democracy that do not come  from one specific country.