By no means can Armenia cease contact with Russia, expert says

Speaking with Alpha News, Russian political scientist Sergey Stankevich commented on Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s statement that the United States and the EU will not come and solve Armenia’s problems.

According to the expert, to assume that “having quarreled with one country, it will be possible to be supported by others, is a most dangerous delusion.”

“There is a significant difference between maintaining a diplomatic dialogue, which should be multi-vector and diverse, and a geopolitical flee from one camp to another. It is necessary to meet and talk, to inform first-hand about your views and intentions, but to assume that after each meeting the world will turn upside down and it will be possible to quarrel with some and get support from others is a most dangerous delusion. Diplomatic communication should be diversified, but you should not move mountains; you need to cultivate the land where you are,” Stankevich said.

According to the political scientist, Armenia cannot cease contact with Russia.

“By no means can Armenia exclude Russia from its communication and partnership relations, and not a single responsible political figure in Armenia can consciously achieve this. I believe it is absolutely the right and strategically correct choice to continue relations with Russia. I believe that Armenia needs strategic adaptation, not the confrontation that other states have chosen.

And I believe that we must act to the maximum within the framework of the 3+3 natural geopolitical configuration. That is, these are three states of the South Caucasus, such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, and the three neighboring major powers that have overlapping interests in the region, such as Turkey, Iran, and Russia. 3+3 is a realistic formula for any responsible geopolitical figure in the region,” Stankevich concluded.