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PENDING KARABAKH CONFLICT RUSSIA'S MOST MIGHTY TOOL FOR PRESSURE ON AZERBAIJAN - EXPERT
YEREVAN, July 9. /ARKA/. The unresolved Karabakh conflict and the
status quo remains Russia's most powerful tool for putting pressure
on Azerbaijan, head of political studies at the Caucasus Institute
Sergey Minasyan said.
Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh would be a mighty level of pressure on
Baku also within the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) if Russia managed
to involve Azerbaijan in the EEU, Minasyan told a press conference
on Tuesday.
But the Azerbaijani society is quite negative about Russia and
anti-Russian sentiments there are almost as intense as in Georgia,
according to the expert.
Minasyan pointed out that everybody understands both in Azerbaijan and
in Russia and Armenia that it is impossible to give Nagorno-Karabakh
republic to Azerbaijan in exchange for something else, as Karabakh
belongs neither to Russia, nor to any other country.
"Even if we imagine theoretically that it is possible, Azerbaijan
will break off all relations with Russia on the next day after getting
Nagorno-Karabakh", the expert said.
In this respect, the status quo and unresolved Karabakh conflict
remains the only serious lever of pressure that enables Russia
maintaining its military, political and strategic influence in the
South Caucasus, Minasyan said.
"I do not believe Russia may sacrifice the geopolitical structure
that has worked out for ten years now for some short-term objectives
in such a long-term process like the formation of the Eurasian Union
is", the expert said. -0--
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YEREVAN, July 9. /ARKA/. The unresolved Karabakh conflict and the
status quo remains Russia's most powerful tool for putting pressure
on Azerbaijan, head of political studies at the Caucasus Institute
Sergey Minasyan said.
Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh would be a mighty level of pressure on
Baku also within the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) if Russia managed
to involve Azerbaijan in the EEU, Minasyan told a press conference
on Tuesday.
But the Azerbaijani society is quite negative about Russia and
anti-Russian sentiments there are almost as intense as in Georgia,
according to the expert.
Minasyan pointed out that everybody understands both in Azerbaijan and
in Russia and Armenia that it is impossible to give Nagorno-Karabakh
republic to Azerbaijan in exchange for something else, as Karabakh
belongs neither to Russia, nor to any other country.
"Even if we imagine theoretically that it is possible, Azerbaijan
will break off all relations with Russia on the next day after getting
Nagorno-Karabakh", the expert said.
In this respect, the status quo and unresolved Karabakh conflict
remains the only serious lever of pressure that enables Russia
maintaining its military, political and strategic influence in the
South Caucasus, Minasyan said.
"I do not believe Russia may sacrifice the geopolitical structure
that has worked out for ten years now for some short-term objectives
in such a long-term process like the formation of the Eurasian Union
is", the expert said. -0--
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/pending_karabakh_conflict_russia_s_most_mighty_too l_for_pressure_on_azerbaijan_expert/#sthash.XUjd9Yst.dpuf