The policy of the Armenia authorities to change the foreign policy became more noticeable and visible, but not values, but anti -Russian mood, were “imported from the West,” political strategist Armen Badalyan told the Armenian media.
According to him, “the current prime minister sequentially and systematically realizes those three goals for which he was brought to power in 2018.” “And these purposes included the” surrender of Karabakh to Azerbaijan “(our quotes), the generation of anti -Russian sentiments in order to withdraw the Russian military base from Armenia, the provision of the Turkish -Azerbaijani alliance of the corridor through Syunik, which would be controlled by the West,” said Badalyan.
He drew attention to the fact that during the press conference yesterday, Pashinyan first introduced into circulation the issue of the feasibility of the residence of the Russian military base: “The essence of the statement came down to the fact that the presence of the Russian military base, in fact, threatens Armenia’s security. For the first time at the level of the highest leadership of Armenia, the idea is voiced that there is nothing to do the Russian military base here, ”Badalyan emphasized.
He also commented on Pashinyan’s refusal from the CHECB exercises: “To begin with, the preparation of this kind of event begins months before it, therefore it would be more correct to declare his refusal in advance – before the start of preparatory work. These steps fit into the context of the conducted The authorities of the policy on changing the foreign policy, which is becoming more and more tangible, starting from October last year, ”said Badalyan.
At the same time, according to the expert, the change of foreign policy orientation of Armenia does not mean the introduction of the Western system of values, “the authorities redirected the foreign policy vector only in the direction of the anti -Russian camp”: “The change of foreign policy orientation does not occur through the import of the Western system of values, since in reality the ongoing reforms They have nothing to do with democracy: there is no independent judiciary, pluralism is not encouraged. “Take at least a selective approach in the issue of media accreditation to the prime minister’s press conference. Under the democratic system, all media are present at a press conference, regardless of political orientation, ”said Badalyan.