In an interview with Franc 24, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made a number of loud statements related to Armenian-Russian relations. He specifically stated that there is no question of maintaining the Russian military base on Armenia’s agenda, Armenia has frozen the CSTO membership, where Moscow is dominant, Armenia has questions regarding the illegal arrest of a Russian defector in its territory, etc. Pashinyan stated that there will be consequences if these questions are not adequately answered. Pashinyan does not elaborate on what the consequences will be, but the question of the consequences is really subjective, and not only for Russia, but also for Armenia.
The main question is, in the context of the welcome and important policy of deepening and expanding relations with Western partners, what place and “significance” does the “stimulation” of conflict relations with Russia have? The fact that Russia does not have an alliance policy towards Armenia is nothing new, to say the least, and I, and a very limited number of other people and media outlets have been emphasizing this fashionable circumstance for more than ten years, warning about the consequences that the Armenian-Russian relationship will have. the so-called inadequate atmosphere and inadequate expectations from Russia around the relationship.
But not having inadequate expectations from Russia does not mean having a conflict with Russia or going to such a conflict. At least because of the fact that Azerbaijan is the first to take advantage of such a conflict; Therefore, the question arises: does expanding relations with Western partners imply a condition for going into conflict with Russia? If so, then it is unnecessary to talk about its danger. If not, then the question arises why Yerevan speaks more against Russia on the platform of dialogue with the West, and not about the objective possibilities of expanding that dialogue, because declaratory, essentially, cup-and-bowl conversations are probably enough for a long time.
Because when the relationship is built just like that, then at some point after the table is overturned, there is nothing left on it, and the bottom is completely empty. By the way, it happened with the Armenian-Russian relationship. To build a relationship with Western partners on the same principle would essentially mean turning in the same circle, even if in the opposite direction.
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