ArmInfo.At this stage, a process conditioned by the interests of external forces, in particular the United States, is taking place in the region and this process is related to the actions of Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan. Head of the Armenian Constructive Party, political scientist Andrias Ghukasyan, expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo.Further impulses between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be conditioned by the existence or absence of resources to exert pressure on each other, as well as on external players interested in the region. Director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo.I see no reason to consider the National Assembly of the eighth convocation a better parliament than the previous one. And I do not pin any special hopes on it, primarily due to the fact that the early elections held on June 20 only preserved, but did not in any way resolve the existing internal political conflicts. Suren Sahakyan, leader of the "Citizen's Decision" Social-Democratic Party, expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo.The latest events in Afghanistan are part of a large geopolitical confrontation over the Central Asian zone of responsibility of the CSTO. Victor Nadein- Raevsky, senior researcher at Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo. As of today it is unambiguously premature to assert about the prospect of Afghan instability going beyond the borders of the country and its spread in neighboring states. A similar opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by chief researcher at the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute, orientalist Aleksey Malashenko.
ArmInfo.Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev got a very weighty slap in the face from the co-chairing countries of the OSCE Minsk Group on Shushi. A similar opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by head of the Armenian Institute for International and Security Affairs Styopa Safaryan.
ArmInfo. As of today, the intensification of attempts to actively involve the collective West: the US, now the EU in the situation around Armenia in order to bring it to a balance is already more than obvious. Independent analyst Saro Saroyan expressed such an opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo.Considering the directions proposed by the European Union for investing the provided financial resources, it becomes clear that one of the main goals of this support program is to turn Armenia into a transit country. Head of the Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) Stepan Grigoryan expressed this opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo.To ensure security, Armenia has no alternative but the West - NATO, the EU and the United States. We can and must ensure our own security through a military alliance with these structures and states. Chairman of the Conservative Party of Armenia Mikayel Hayrapetyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo. The results of the 44-day war for Artsakh and Armenia, all recent events on the borders of Armenia, no doubt, contradict the main interests of Russia. All this is in contradiction with the very essence, the value basis of the Russian state. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Professor David Hovhannisyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.