Due to Azerbaijan’s mistakes, Armenia strengthened its position in foreign policy – Richard Giragosian
“The priority of Armenia’s foreign policy in the passing year is its relations with both the West and the East, especially if we take into consideration the fact that Armenia has considerably improved its relations with both the U.S. and the EU. At the same time, Armenian-Russian relations remain stable, with Armenia increasing its role as a CSTO member state,” Richard Giragosian, political analyst, director of the Yerevan-based Regional Studies Center (RSC), told a news conference in Yerevan.
“Armenia’s position on normalization of ties with Turkey is another remarkable tendency in the passing year. Yerevan keeps strong position in this issue because all expectations and hopes continue to be linked with Turkey,” stated the expert.
According to Giragosian, Armenian-Georgian relations can also be described as remarkable, especially after the election of new Georgian government. Taking into consideration the nature of this country’s government, Armenia has a chance to be more predictable and to take positions of more experienced and stable country, he said.
“Another tendency is the Armenian-Iranian relations. Armenia should be careful in expanding its relations with Iran,” the expert stressed.
As for Azerbaijan, we can talk much about this country but we have too little information to make a report, Giragosian noted.
The expert added that no significant changes have occurred in the process of settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict but Azerbaijan’s positions have changed. According to Giragosian, this country has become more unreasonable and unpredictable and its policy harms the country itself.
“By pardoning and making hero out of the convicted murderer Baku made a gift to Armenia. This move undermined Azerbaijan’s authority,” he stressed.
“On the whole, compared with the previous year, Armenia has strengthened its positions in foreign policy, but much initiative is needed for maintaining these positions. Armenia’s positions became even stronger due to Azerbaijan’s mistakes,” the political analyst added.
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