ArmInfo.The current situation in the South Caucasus is primarily characterized by the struggle of the countries of the region and neighboring states for the observance of their own interests in the formation of a new, post-war status quo. First of all, we are talking about Russia and Turkey, to a certain extent about Iran. Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Turkologist Ruben Safrastyan, expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have the analogs of the same maps that are in the General Staff of the Russian Federation, to which Russian President Putin referred in his Valdai speech. Chairman of the Armenian Constructive Party, political scientist Andrias Ghukasyan, expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo.One should not wait for the signing of a peace treaty in Moscow on November 9by Armenia and Azerbaijan. Alexander Skakov, Working Group Coordinator at the Central Eurasia Research Center, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, told ArmInfo.
ArmInfo.The loss, defeat of Armenia in the 44-day war for Nagorno-Karabakh that took place exactly one year ago did not bring any particular benefit to Azerbaijan. Senior Research Fellow, Head of the CIS Institute Department of Eurasian Integration and SCO Development Vladimir Evseev expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo.It seems obvious that no West, either individually or collectively, will save Armenia. Moreover, it will not give Armenia more than what Russia currently gives. A similar opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by Sergei Markedonov, Leading Researcher at the MGIMO Institute for International Studies, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Analytics.
ArmInfo. The prospect of the acquiring ground communication between Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan through the territory of Armenia (the so-called Zangezur corridor, Ed. note) is fraught with new threats for Iran, since the implementation of these plans by Ankara and Baku will lead to the formation of a completely new security environment.
ArmInfo. The third president of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili, will go the whole hog. Almost everyone was convinced of this, including the opposition, which did not believe in his such intentions yesterday. Gela Vasadze, a leading expert of the Georgian Center for Strategic Analysis (GSAC) expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo.Regardless of whether the observed trends and global changes in the world order were the result of the coronavirus pandemic or it all started much earlier, these changes are reality and they undoubtedly have affected the South Caucasus as well. The German political scientist Alexander Rahr expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo. Poland has traditionally sought to maintain a balance in relations with all three countries of the South Caucasus. And we understand that today this balance has undergone minor adjustments not in favor of Armenia.
ArmInfo. The situation in which the Armenians of Karabakh are protected from ethnic cleansing by only 2,000 Russian peacekeepers and, of course, the military power of Russia behind them is not in the interests of either these people, or Armenia, or Russia itself. Nikolai Silaev, a leading researcher at the Institute of International Studies of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed a similar opinion at the Geopolitical Session "Armenia and Russia: the Imperative of a New Strategy" being held at the Russian-Armenian University in Yerevan.