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Russian expert: Armenia should not flirt with Moscow, as its a wrong move...

26 May 2010 [16:04] - TODAY.AZ
Day.Az interview with Alexander Dugin, Professor, Doctor of Political Sciences, Director of the Center for Conservative Studies at the Moscow State University School of Sociology, leader of the International Eurasian Movement, famous Russian political scientist.

Recently, Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh conducted another unrecognized parliamentary elections. UN, OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries as well as Russia have declared that they do not recognize the “elections” ...


Unrecognized entities hold similar election periodically. We can see this not only in Nagorno-Karabakh, but also in other self-proclaimed "republics". This is done to show that in spite of everything, there is normal life in the "republic" dominated by democratic processes.

Let’s pay attention to the reaction of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Russia has always voiced support for Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity. However, I believe Moscow never before showed such a strong reaction to the “elections” in Nagorno-Karabakh. This shows that Moscow is extremely displeased with Armenia’s trying to get closer to Washington. Secondly, this shows a rapprochement between Moscow and Ankara, Moscow and Baku, which recently have reached a new stage. I note once again that Moscow is dissatisfied with Serzh Sargsyan’s policy and I think he will draw conclusion from Russia’s reaction.

May Russia’s reaction become more serious if Yerevan fails to change its policy?

I think, Serzh Sargsyan will take Moscow’s signal into consideration. I believe Armenia should understand that it should not flirt with Moscow because its a wrong move. It's a dead end. Armenia should not forget that as a state it exists at the expense of Russia.

We all are witnessing active rapprochement of Ankara, Baku and Moscow on many issues. In your opinion, may this influence resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict?

Current situation of conflict is profitable for Moscow. It is necessary to have a real look at things. No matter what happens, Armenia is still very close to Russia. It remains Russia’s partner and ally.

The rapprochement is a wonderful chance for Azerbaijan to take advantage of the situation to resolve the conflict in its own favor. The solution can be facilitated if Azerbaijan withdraws from GUAM.

As we know, Armenia has not yet expressed its attitude to the updated Madrid Principles. In your opinion, what will be Armenia’s response?

I think Armenia will delay the answer as long as possible because it is satisfied with the current state of affairs. Armenia cannot agree on the Madrid principles, because it will not agree with return of Azerbaijanis to occupied lands. As you see, Armenia has created a mono-ethnic entity in the territory of "NKR" by means of ethnic cleansing and does not wish to see Azerbaijanis there. The situation is similar to Kosovo, but even in the Albanian Kosovo there are Serbian enclaves inhabited by ethnic Serbs. And, as we know, there are no Azerbaijanis in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The United States did its best to ensure that Kosovo is separated from Serbia and even recognized it as an independent entity. So, Armenia’s mistake is that it hopes that the U.S. will do likewise with regard to Nagorno-Karabakh. However, in this case, Washington will never deal with Karabakh the same as it was with Kosovo...


/Day.Az/
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