ArmInfo.The EU mediation in the Armenian-Azerbaijani border process and unblocking of regional transport links could seriously weaken Russia's positions in the South Caucasus - primarily due to Moscow's attempts to use these "geopolitical tracks" for pressurizing Armenia and Azerbaijan, political analyst Hovsep Khurshudyan said in an interview with ArmInfo.
ArmInfo. Turkey is concerned with eradicating the Armenian identity rather than with unblocking the transport links or opening a corridor via Armenia, as the disappearance of the Armenians will close the issue Turkey is extremely concerned about, namely, the Armenian Cause, Artak Zakaryan, a member of the ARF-D Executive Council, said in an interview with ArmInfo.
ArmInfo. The European Union (EU) is seeking independent activities in the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Sergey Markedonov, Leading Researcher at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), said in an interview with ArmInfo.
ArmInfo.he one that Turkey will definitely not fight is Russia. President of the Middle East Institute Yevgeny Satanovsky expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo. One way or another, but the supply of Russian weapons to Armenia will continue. Director of the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) Ruslan Pukhov expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo.The current internal political turbulence in Armenia may continue for quite a long time, without posing a threat to the current government. Director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo.The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict has transformed into a target in geopolitical games. It is a most negative factor in terms of prospects both the conflict itself and the conflicting parties have, Alexander Skakov, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, RF Academy of Sciences, said in an interview with ArmInfo.
ArmInfo.The strategic support provided by Turkey to Ukraine does not at all mean that Ankara is ready to abandon tactical cooperation with Moscow. How far this cooperation can go depends largely on whether Ukraine learns to defend its national interests as uncompromisingly as Turkey is doing now, the columnists of the eurointegration.com.ua website write. "Calls for the lifting of sanctions against Russia, accusations against the West of facilitating the prolongation of the war and undisguised support for Russian companies in circumventing sanctions - all this is about today's Turkey. Against this background, generating benefits from the development of economic cooperation with Moscow and justifying this with the position of an "equidistant" intermediary in relations between Ukraine and Russia, Ankara is trying to maintain partnership relations with Moscow and Kyiv, at the same time earning domestic political points on this," the authors of the article note.
ArmInfo. Despite radically different geopolitical approaches, Russia and the West are obviously ready to compromise on a need for unblocking transport links in the South Caucasus, expert in Azerbaijani studies Tatevik Hayrapetyan said in an interview with ArmInfo.
ArmInfo.The U.S. not being immediately involved in the launching of the first Armenian satellite to orbit by means of the SpaceX carrier by no means plays down the psychological significance of the event, Armenia's former vice-ambassador to the USA Armen Khazaryan said in an interview with ArmInfo.