Deputy Director of Ucom company Alexander Yesayan participated in the “Connectivity for Commerce and Investment” business conference under the Chairmanship of Germany in the OSCE.
Much of the money for Azerbaijan has been targeted toward naval forces, to reduce the risk that it could be used against Armenia (which is landlocked) and because of the U.S.’s interest in protecting Caspian energy infrastructure.
“Don’t they want to perceive that this is no more a security zone? And that this is the constitutional territory of Artsakh, and Armenia, as a security guarantor of Artsakh, was obliged to raise that issue in Vienna as well.”
“Assessments may be found in some media outlets, that Russia is losing the South Caucasus and etc. I consider, what happens now tactically can’t be qualified as success for Russian diplomacy, however, I wouldn’t consider this a complete failure, as the response of the Armenian society on armaments selling was rather sharp.”