Aliyev and Pashinyan are pushing for a corridor through Armenia for Turkey

Nazeli Baghdasaryan, spokesperson for Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, responded to a Middle East Eye report about Pashinyan’s upcoming meeting with the President of Azerbaijan. “Information about the Prime Minister’s visits is provided in a timely and appropriate manner,” Baghdasaryan told Armenpress.

According to Middle East Eye, Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev are expected to meet in Dubai at the end of this month, as the two countries continue negotiations on a “peace agreement.”

This is the first of the agreements that could have been reached on June 19 and 20 in Turkey. It is worth noting that on those days, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted both Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan.

In light of Middle East Eye’s report, the recent events in the region, such as Azerbaijan’s anti-Russian demarche and Nikol Pashinyan’s actions within Armenia aimed against Russia, take on a different perspective. This includes the attempted seizure of the Electric Networks of Armenia, which, combined with the ruling party’s attacks on the Armenian Apostolic Church, led to statements about the potential ban on Russian TV channels in Armenia and ultimatum-like demands to the Russian Foreign Minister to avoid “interference in Armenia’s internal affairs.”

Pashinyan and Aliyev are creating a propaganda bubble in their countries that they are liberating their peoples from the “Russian yoke,” without mentioning that they are integrating into Erdogan’s neo-Ottoman empire. While this may pose fewer challenges for Aliyev, it could lead to the end of Armenia’s existence. Turkey is not even hiding this fact. It is no coincidence that on these days, Musavat Dervişoğlu, chair of the nationalist İYİ Party and member of Turkey’s parliament, submitted a bill to rename the Alijan border checkpoint in honor of Talaat Pasha. Erdogan has made no secret of what they intend to do to Armenia after the withdrawal of Russian border guards from the country.

Aliyev and Pashinyan are pushing for a corridor through Armenia for Turkey, thereby cutting Iran off from European markets and blocking Russia from the south. Ali Akbar Velayati, the Iranian Supreme Leader’s advisor on international affairs, had already mentioned this plan before the 12-day war with Israel and the United States. Currently, Iran is weakened by the war, and Moscow’s leverage over Yerevan and Baku has diminished since the fall of Artsakh, allowing Aliyev and Pashinyan to exploit the growing anti-Russian hysteria to challenge both Moscow’s and Tehran’s interests and establish a corridor through Armenia.

The geopolitical game, where the blockade of Russia and Iran is at stake at the expense of two Armenian states, is entering its final stage.

Think about it…