Aliyev said these words so that the West would not tear him apart, political scientist says

 
Speaking with Alpha News, political scientist Vasily Koltashov commented on the words of support of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

During the meeting of the two presidents, Aliyev said: “Our support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine is unshakable, and we, as a country that suffered from occupation, understand your situation very well and wish peace to Ukrainians and Ukraine.”

According to the expert, Aliyev needs the West not to tear him apart, so he now said these words, with the word “support” being the most dubious.

“Support is a word that means active, practical actions. Aliyev’s actions are passive and, as a rule, they are non-public practical actions, for example, the production of some military products for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which, in fact, is what Azerbaijan was caught in. What does this mean? This means that Aliyev is now simply joining the Western camp, in which he has the same specific rights as Turkish President Recep Erdogan. Aliyev is playing in the current regime; he needs to win in Transcaucasia bit by bit; he needs the West not to tear him apart, so he just said words, of which the word ‘support’ is the most dubious. He rather meant ‘we approve, we sympathize.’

That is, he actually equates himself with the government of Armenia, because the government of Armenia is also for the Banderites of Ukraine, and Aliyev also turns out to be for the Banderites of Ukraine. It turns out that all of them do not oppose the West; they just have some disagreements that the West cannot eliminate,” Koltashov said.
 
According to the political scientist, no Azerbaijan existed for it to be under occupation; it is generally a product of a truly Soviet system.
 
“First of all, Aliyev’s statement is a statement that will be very difficult to digest in London, Paris, and Washington because Aliyev does not give up his ambitions in Transcaucasia. He retains them, and accusing him of being on Russia’s side is very difficult because he so eloquently expressed support for the territorial integrity of the Bandera state and at the same time recalled that Azerbaijan was also under occupation—although no Azerbaijan simply existed for it to be under occupation; it is generally a product of a truly Soviet system, Soviet modernization—so saying that it was under occupation is too much,” the political scientist noted.
 
According to the expert, official Moscow will, at most, say that this position is unacceptable.
 
“Moscow will, at most, say that this is a wrong and unacceptable position; it does no good to the Azerbaijani leadership, and that’s all. With these words, Aliyev does not seek to pave the way for a war with Russia because trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Russia is growing. Aliyev knows this very well; he knows very well that the Azerbaijani economy is now thriving in many ways thanks to the fact that Russia exists and that Russia beats the West in Ukraine. In this regard, Aliyev is not keeping his fingers crossed for Ukraine because sanctions against the West and Russia’s independent economic development provide a shadow for the comfortable existence of the Azerbaijani economy and for the Armenian and Georgian economies too,” Koltashov said.

“To support is a word that means to do something, to make real efforts, but no one will make any real efforts. They are ready to take money and sell something, but this is not called supporting. This is called speculating on the situation, and Aliyev is simply speculating on the situation, like Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who also speculates on the situation in such a way that Transcaucasia remains in its contradictions and Moscow will simply have to, if not turn a blind eye, then at least respond, that is, words to words.

Yes, this is an absolutely unpleasant statement for Russia, which demonstrates that Aliyev is an unreliable person and that only when the Maidan unfolds in Baku—the British have been preparing it and have been working on it for years—will Aliyev truly swing to Russia’s side and will beg to save him,” Koltashov concluded.