Armenia’s decision not to join the two statements of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers should not be considered management, political scientist Stepan Danielyan is sure.
“I do not consider this to be management. To do management, you must first represent something of yourself. This step is evidence of the absence of a foreign policy vector and guidelines. “This is an attempt to sit on two chairs, but rather an attempt not to sit on one, but to stand.” — said the expert in the “Oragir” program, VERELQ reports.
Clarifying that both statements were related to security issues, danielian He noted that Armenia is in a difficult security situation: the country has frozen its participation in the CSTO, conducts incomprehensible exercises with NATO, but the United States and the EU unanimously declare that they cannot guarantee the security of Yerevan.
“At this moment Armenia is practically not part of any bloc and has become a country that does not have a security system. And the current government considers the absence of this system a great achievement. “Hanging by a thread, in his opinion, is the maximum manifestation of sovereignty.” – Danielyan emphasized.
Let us remember that the day before Armenia did not join two statements of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers. In particular, Armenia did not join the statements on the “Principles for ensuring security in Eurasia” and on the “Inadmissibility of unilateral measures in international relations.”
Meanwhile, the political scientist Beniamin Matevosyan believes: The United States is opposed to Yerevan receiving at least some clear security guarantees from the geopolitical enemies of the Americans – Moscow and Tehran.
The expert recalled that recently the US Undersecretary of State for Europe and Eurasia James O’Brienstated: “a future that is built around the axis of Russia and Iran as the main participants in the security of the region [Южного Кавказа]unstable and undesirable, even for the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan.”
“This statement by a US official means the following: Russia and Iran offer security guarantees to Armenia. Washington has been notified of this, but the US position is that they are against Yerevan receiving at least some clear security guarantees from the geopolitical enemies of the Americans: Moscow and Tehran. This is the first thing.” – says the political scientist.
Secondly, according to Matevosyan, the visit of the Armenian Prime Minister to the Turkish House and the request for Recep Tayyip Erdogan becoming a mediator in the negotiation process with Azerbaijan indicates that Nikol Pashinian He chose the path of integrating the country into the Turkish world without security guarantees for Armenia, but with prospects for him personally.
“Taking into account the fact that Türkiye is a NATO operator in the Transcaucasus, it is obvious that the Americans approve of this approach of Pashinyan,” – believes the expert.
He noted that this is not the first time that James O’Brien, and before him the former head of the French Foreign Ministry, the former Secretary General of NATO and other “white knights” make statements about the “strategic choice of Armenia.” . about what and how Armenia should do, what “comes from its interests” and how many winters Armenians will have to freeze for their sake.
And at the same time, Yerevan’s allies (Russia and Iran) are accused of “several crimes committed against Armenia itself, Artsakh.” But the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, the government apparatus and other official structures in Yerevan are silent.
“The Armenian authorities are consistently and decisively placing the country’s sovereignty on the altar of Anglo-Saxon and Turkish interests.” — summarizes Matevosyan.
By the way, yesterday, October 7, Nikol Pashinyan flew to Moscow, one of the first to congratulate Vladimir Putin Happy Birthday. And this morning, Nikol Vovaevich rode his bike through the Russian capital, accompanied by a bunch of black jeeps, and recorded a video.
At a meeting with the Armenian guest, who for some reason did not like the CSTO, the Russian leader appeared kind and benevolent. The President of Russia noted a significant increase in commercial turnover between friendly countries. Last year the figure reached 7.4 billion dollars, and in the first half of 2024 it multiplied by 2.5, exceeding 8.3 billion dollars.
“If we move forward at this pace, this means that this year’s commercial turnover could reach between $14 billion and $16 billion, a record figure.” – Vladimir Putin summed up and summed up:
“Nikol Vovaevich, I’ll wait for you in Kazan, at the BRICS summit. I hope this is useful and interesting, many contacts. “There will be an opportunity to talk with many colleagues from several dozen countries who plan to participate in this work.”
Recall that recently Türkiye and Azerbaijan officially expressed their interest in joining the BRICS.
