There is a struggle for a new status quo in the Caucasus region, an academician of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Doctor of History, Professor Ruben Safrastyan said at the international conference “Armenia and the Region: Lessons, Reevaluations, Prospects" dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Moscow and Kars Treaties hosted by the NAS on Tuesday.
Safrastyan's report covered the topic “Regional Military-Political Developments at the Present Stage”.
In the professor’s words, the struggle that is taking place for the geopolitical status in the region is “unprecedented”, because for the first time Russia is not independently establishing this status quo, but has to reckon with Turkey.
"I attribute this situation to the fact that Russia made a grave geostrategic mistake when in the spring and summer of 2020 it did not prevent Turkey from supplying modern weapons to Azerbaijan, transferring mercenaries to Azerbaijan, and strengthening the Turkish military presence in the region as a whole,” he said.
“In fact, this is how Turkey predetermined Azerbaijan's victory in the Artsakh war. It allowed Turkey to interfere and play its role in the struggle taking place in our region," Safrastyan noted.
In this context, he drew attention to some similarities with 1920-1921, saying Russia can no longer “control the region” alone and is forced to cooperate, but also struggle with Turkey to some extent.
Safrastyan underlined that because of its mistake ...
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