(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Rena Murshud read more Russia and the United States seem to be competing with each
other to mediate the solution to Baku-Yerevan relations, though
there is no result yet. What is interesting is what kind of
interests are behind the initiative of two opposing sides.
According to political analyst Ilgar Valizadeh, the USA, which
has recently been active in both Eastern Europe and the South
Caucasus, is somehow trying to push Russia out of the region.
"Actually, with the initiative of the parties, we bring the Turkish
agreement, the negotiations regarding the Zangazur Corridor to the
table. This initiative and the process itself are beneficial to the
parties to a certain extent. The fact that most of the negotiations
take place with the participation of the United States means that
it takes the initiatives. On the other hand Russia is active in
order to maintain its influence in the South Caucasus. Because it
is losing its influence in many directions and particularly in the
region. Russia's main desire is to open the Zangazur Corridor. This
is an issue that is more beneficial to Russia than the United
States and the West. By the way, the roads the commission related
to its opening is carried out with the participation of Russia,"
Valizade said.
The expert also spoke about Armenia's position. He said that the
USA and the EU show considerable interest in Azerbaijan due to its
geostrategic position. Armenia is completely out of this issue.
"Azerbaijan is located in such a geographical position that its
paths cross with Iran, Turkiye, and Central Asia. For this reason,
America and the EU want to increase their influence in regional
issues, provided they do not leave the region.
As for Armenia, its end is the policy of becoming a colony. The
end of the countries that pursue such policies sooner or later
becomes a colony of another country. Armenia, which has been under
Russian colonial rule until now, is looking for a new patron
because it cannot get what it wants from the official Kremlin.
Whichever country carries out the policy desired by Armenians and
fulfills their wishes, that country is considered the leading
country. Armenian public figures and activists openly admit this
desire.
In fact, this is dangerous. Because, this kind of situation of
Armenia creates the ground for interference of foreign forces in
regional politics. This is not a good situation not only against
the background of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, but
also for the entire region," the expert emphasized.
In addition, Ilgar Valizade also touched on the recent visit of
the EU mission group to inspect the metallurgical plant of Armenia,
which is dangerous for ecology. He said that the West is biased in
this matter.
"This is the traditional policy of the West. The West creates
dirty enterprises in Africa and many countries in Asia. It wants to
damage the environment by placing its enterprises in the countries
that produce raw materials. Other countries suffer considerable
damage from this, and to support this issue that is on the agenda
of the UN make calls.
Currently, African and some Asian countries buy garbage from the
West in exchange for money. Enterprises dealing with waste
processing in their own countries are unable to deliver the volume
of waste, so they transport their waste to other countries for
money. This is a huge global problem. Armenia is an example of
this.
By the way, the Okchuchay tragedy is experiencing the same
situation. Even there were some institutions affiliating to Germany
but never inside the country operating in several countries. All
this is a manifestation of colonial policy."
The political analyst added that Armenia is trying to realize
the metallurgical plant, which it started to build illegally, only
within the framework of interests.
"Currently, the Yeraskh metallurgical plant is being built
without passing any environmental expertise. Armenia continues this
work simply by agreeing with the interests of the West and
expressing its personal wishes. The worst thing is that this plant
is close to the Araz River, which is considered a transit.
I would like to note that the convention on the use of transit
rivers was adopted in Helsinki, and currently this activity of
Armenia is contrary to the norms of the use of transit rivers.
Unlike Armenia, Azerbaijan is a member of this convention. It is
precisely because of such issues that Armenians refuse to do so,"
Valizade said.
---
Rena Murshud is AzerNews' staff journalist, follow her on
Twitter: @r enatagiyeva
Comments
No comment