As Moscow and Washington's heads are mixed, Ankara and Brussels will make last-ditch efforts to implement their plans at Yerevan's expense. Ashotyan
As Moscow and Washington's heads are mixed, Ankara and Brussels will make their last efforts to implement their plans at the expense of Yerevan. This was written by Armen Ashotyan, the vice-chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia, who is under house arrest.
"Nikol Pashinyan's 'corridor' article, which was also linked to his recent interview with Iranian state television, was certainly not accidental. The attempt to put a soft pillow under Iran's head was combined with an article intended not so much for Aliyev's eyes as for his and Nikol's joint patrons."
These events reflect global geopolitical shifts and are an attempt to complete previous processes, at least in the South Caucasus, in parallel with the rapid developments on the Ukrainian platform.
The steps of the new US administration have created unprecedented difficulties for the EU and the UK on the Ukrainian front, while these changes have not yet reached the Caucasus front, and the operation to push Russia out through Turkey, the masterpiece of which should be the "Zangezur Corridor", still has a chance of being realized.
Contrary to some predictions that Nikol will make a 180-degree turn towards Moscow, the scenario I predicted is still being realized, that he will not lean towards Moscow, but will try to accelerate the processes taking place under the auspices of Erdogan. These processes will continue to be packaged in a blue flag with 12 stars, but from under it the tip of the Turkish crescent simply sticks out.
And don't be fooled by the NA's postponement of the "European" project, Matvienko's expected visit, or Pashinyan's instruction to formally intensify ties with Russian partners in all directions. All of these are new attempts to intimidate Moscow at this stage.
And the real processes are continuing.
In a month, on April 3-4, the first EU-Central Asia summit will be held in Tashkent, the initiative and implementation of which are organically linked to the South Caucasus and, in particular, Syunik. All five Central Asian countries are interesting for the EU, not only in terms of energy resources, but also in terms of other minerals. The Europeans are trying to increase their influence at the expense of Russia and China, effectively synchronizing with Turkey.
Attention here: The EU is not only playing along with Turkey in the South Caucasus, but also in Central Asia, the Middle East, and even the Balkans, where the current EU leadership sees obstacles to possible European integration in Russian and Chinese influence and stubbornly turns a blind eye to growing Turkish influence in Bosnia, Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and even Serbia.
The upcoming EU-CA summit will also discuss logistics and transport projects within the "Middle Corridor" logic. Let me remind you that two of the currently operating routes within that logic pass through Georgia: the Black Sea ports and the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway.
Let us also remember the construction of the deepest Georgian port, Anaklia, reserved for China. In reality, the capacity of the existing facilities is fully sufficient for the flow of goods, and they are also underloaded. However, the routes passing through neither Georgia nor Iran are under Turkish control, and here the EU's priorities of reducing its logistical dependence on Russia, Iran, and China and Turkey's implementation of its own Pan-Turan project are fully combined.
"In conclusion, I can state that while Moscow and Washington's heads are mixed, Ankara and Brussels will make their last efforts to implement their plans at the expense of Yerevan," he wrote.
