Andrei Kortunov about the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, end of the war in Ukraine, the nuclear deal with Iran, and Turkey's heated relations with the West.
The Director General of the Russian Council on International Affairs, Andrei Kortunov, in an interview to Vestnik Kavkaza spoke about the key issues of the international agenda that will be discussed at the forthcoming ...
... Two exclusive interviews given by President of Azerbaijan
Ilkham Aliev
and President of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan
to RIA Novosti are telling in that regard. Both presidents expressed a high opinion of Russia’s activity on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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. In April 1993, Turkey closed its land border with Armenia (a little over 300 kilometres). Currently, the border
remains
closed.
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. In 1992, at the initiative of Tehran, then presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, and Azerbaijan’s acting head ...
... political stakes in Azerbaijan and the sharp decline in Moscow-Ankara relations resulting from Turkey’s downing of a Russian jet near the Syrian border last year, the Kremlin’s attempts to straddle between Yerevan and Baku might be challenging. Turkey has made no attempt to downplay its political support of Azerbaijan, especially amidst the recent flare-up in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Shortly after the escalation in the region, Turkish President Recep Erdogan predicted that that Nagorno-Karabakh would come back to its “original owner” — Azerbaijan. About four months before this controversial statement,...
... Stepanakert, being interviewed in leading international media with full titles and affiliations, something that they were previously denied of.
To many, this raised hopes for a re-launch of peace process in its initial setting, with the participation of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Russia the dealmaker, and Turkey the dealbreaker
Some authors however suggest that Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Turkey, whose eternal hug with Aliyev in Ankara weeks before had become a source of inspiration in social media, could have been behind encouraging Aliyev ...
... thereupon allowed and paved the way for Turkey to reach beyond the Caspian Sea and increase its long-time backward relations with the countries in the region in various spheres, including energy, commerce, and transportation. Notwithstanding the fact that Turkey and Russia heretofore have sided with different parties between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute, Ankara and Baku both could have found ways to overcome their territorial limitations (Turkey borders Azerbaijan only through its exclave, Nakhchivan), and at the same time to advance the relations with Moscow.
However, Turkey ...
... defend its interests in the faraway Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean, which is thousands kilometers away, so any renewal of the armed conflict behind its back in its near-abroad countries will hardly be ignored. A new round of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh can be perceived by Moscow as a direct result of Turkey’s intrigues, even if Turkey, in fact, has nothing to do with it.
A new round of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh can be perceived by Moscow as a direct result of Turkey’s intrigues.
At the same time, Russia’s open military support ...
...,” he said. “Russia has very complicated relations with its neighbors in the West and has a crisis in relations with Turkey.”
These are the top challenges which are typical for any country in the world that is vulnerable to the threat of ... ... challenges of climate change and environmental problems, according to Kortunov.
The expert also touched upon the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
He noted that outside forces cannot really play a decisive role in settling this conflict.
The expert ...
... exacerbation of the situation on the demarcation line between the armed forces of Azerbaijan and Armenia is undoubtedly Baku’s desire to distract attention from 24 April – the tragic historical date marking the centenary of the Armenian genocide. Turkey is holding a series of national events marking the First World War with the same aim. The main reason for what is happening, however, is different.
For several years after the defeat in the 1992-1994 war in Nagorny Karabakh the situation in the ...
