... intend to force any country into the EEU and to turn it into a “Soviet pioneers” organization. If the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh is not settled, Azerbaijan will not be able to become a full-fledged member of the EEU. This is why Moscow insists that the countries move to a compromise discussion via negotiations in bilateral or trilateral ... ... it might do so to its own detriment.
Presidential diplomacy does not become the only dialogue format between the Russian and Armenian political communities.
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Murad Gassanly:
Azerbaijan and the Four Day War: Breaking
the ...
Russian-Armenian relations play a key role in both Armenia's foreign policy and Russia’s ... ... protection of Armenia’s borders with Turkey and Iran. Armenia is a member of the EEU and the CSTO, and is one of the most convenient political partners for Moscow among... ... of the OSCE Minsk Group, the only format of negotiations for the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
However, it is clear that relations between the two countries...
... policy in Armenia are not strong enough
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. However, they exploit such themes as Armenia’s “total dependence” on the Russian military and government authorities, “dragging” the country into the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), “Russian support for Armenian authoritarianism”, Moscow’s reluctance to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the need to put an end to isolation, which is allegedly good for Russia, and so on. The United States in the most active of the external players in Armenia. Thus, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the key ...
