Kedmi: Russia in the Karabakh conflict must achieve two goals
The coming to power in Armenia of Nikol Pashinyan and the forces behind him led to a revision policy Baku and Ankara to Yerevan. Turks and Azerbaijanis saw a decrease in the level of support for Armenia from Russia. This was stated on the air of the program "Evening with Vladimir Solovyov" on the TV channel "Russia 1", political scientist, ex-head of the Israeli special service "Nativ" Yakov Kedmi.
He explained that the emergence of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh is associated with the long-standing enmity of the peoples of the Caucasus. But recently, attempts to reorient Armenia to the West, tearing it away from Russia, have become increasingly important. This led to the weakening of the Armenian state, because the main strength of Yerevan was that Moscow was behind it.
- considers Kedmi.
The expert specified that the Armenian army used to be strong, but thanks to the intervention of instructors from the United States, it weakened. He is not sure that the Armenian Armed Forces are capable of effectively conducting military operations.
He pointed out.
But now Armenia is in a situation where Azerbaijan is able to take Nagorno-Karabakh from it by force. And no one can stop this. Russia will not get involved in this conflict for the reasons described above.
- The expert added.
In his opinion, Russia must achieve two goals. The first is for Armenia to preserve its territorial integrity (Nagorno-Karabakh is not a part of this country). The second is to prevent the Turks from achieving the deployment of their military bases in Azerbaijan.
- noted Kedmi.
The political scientist explained that Azerbaijan is the closest country in spirit to Ankara. But Baku has its own problems and does not want to be part of Turkey there. Azerbaijanis defend their dignity and independence.
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