“Armenia, as compared to Azerbaijan, is Russia’s strategic ally. On the one hand, trilateral cooperation may have a restricting influence towards Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijan may think over exertion of pressure towards these countries on the other. If an attempt is made to integrate Armenia in that transit network, then Azerbaijan will be obliged to change its policy,” Tarasov said.
“I think instigation is quite clear, as in the country throughout 25 years changes haven’t been recorded as a result of political discourse, I mean in political processes, political debates, and the authorities did their best to destroy any developing political organism. And naturally, when political organisms are destroyed, others come to substitute them, and when policy pursued through peaceful or conventional methodology fails, that sacred place doesn’t remain empty.”
Would seizure by “Sasna Tsrer” group be recorded if politics in Armenia wasn’t eliminated to a degree and in a way, that solution of the problems through a weapon wasn’t the only way of imposing changes in the country?
“After being unsanctioned, Iran is vitally interested to diversify its communications leading to north and west. Moreover, Tehran strives to develop those communications in all directions separately, to exclude the possibility of any political dependency. For that purpose Iran doesn’t say “no” to anyone, and takes all the cooperation directions, without conditioning one with the other, manifesting proper “strategic patience” and also balancing one with the other. Moreover, this approach is strictly exemplary for Armenia as well.”
However, I think, by deepening of crisis in Europe importance of the region for Russia will decrease little by little. But I believe that NK conflict has its logic of development and, moreover, maybe Russia-Turkey crisis initiated the April war in Karabakh, and this new stage will be positively reflected on conflict settlement negotiations,” Lukyanov said.
“It seems to me here the mentality and psychology of our authorities should be changed. The April war, selling of Russian armaments to Azerbaijan, all these show that by unconditionally coaxing Russia does no benefit to Armenia, and Russia should be treated as a partner. Thus, the claim should be introduced to Russia, if Armenia considers itself an independent country, then it should think of its own interests.”
“This snapshot means that possibility of war outbreak in Karabakh is rather high, on account of Azerbaijan’s increasing role in the region, which will make it confident in NK conflict settlement process. The developments in Yerevan don’t give hope either that steps will be initiated towards soothing of the heated stage. I think, the situation is very fragile yet, in which exceptional attention should be provided by the West with its OSCE, as regional developments escalate the situation on NK conflict zone,” Alexander Rahr said.
“We have no right to gain time or taking some artificial steps of hurrying or doing something, changing positions of people, by that to simulating, that some changes are being implemented. We all saw who should be punished, not only the people, who took weapons and initiated some activities, but the guilty should be punished. We’ll be ready to confront all international challenges after internal social consolidation is recorded.”
What decolonization may be touched upon? I think, it’s a myth, which has no connection with the reality, however, it’s beneficial for these or those political powers. Sorry for my sincerity, but people in Baku speak Russian much better, than in Armenia. What decolonization may be touched upon—cultural, economic? Armenian people have both positive and negative peculiarities, which prevent their development, in particular, in any place, in anything seeking for problems, but not in their own person.
“I believe that Moscow has always thought that Armenia would stay in the Russian call, no matter what historically the Armenians feel surrounded by Turks and they have no choice, but the recent changes in the international environment have been that some in Armenia are prepared to look to the West, to look the foreign new vector of relations.”
