2024-02-17 02:29:59
“The South Caucasus is neither the first, nor the second, nor the thirteenth important region for big players. They are busy with much more important issues for them, but the question is that our region used to be more important for the big players than it is now. Consequently, Armenia with its problems cannot be more important for the big players than, say, the Russian-Ukrainian war, conflicts in the Middle East,” said political scientist Alexander Iskandaryan, director of the Caucasus Institute, in an interview with Channel 5.
“In this situation, it is not clear why the issue of withdrawing the 102nd military base from Armenia should be put on the agenda. Is it done because we are upset? But there should be a goal in politics, but being angry is not a factor and has no place.
The main function of the 102nd military base was to contain Turkey. Let’s imagine an apocalyptic situation: Turkish troops invade Armenia. whether the Russian base will prevent the Turkish intervention is difficult for me to imagine.
Nevertheless, it is not clear why we should withdraw the Russian military base, expect that the Russian presence will immediately disappear and someone else will come instead, which will perform the functions that Russia does not perform. It is not realistic,” said the political scientist.
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