Expert: Yerevan worries about joint action of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia
By Rashid Shirinov
The recent meeting of the defense ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey in Batumi marked the beginning of a promising military alliance in trilateral format.
The defense ministers of the three countries discussed issues of strengthening security of their countries and stability in the region as a whole. Following the meeting, the parties agreed on the creation of a new format of interaction between the General Staffs of the armed forces of the three countries in parallel with the existing format of trilateral cooperation at the level of heads of the defense ministries.
Obviously, this cooperation causes negative reaction in neighboring Armenia, which has started talking about the threat to its national security that allegedly comes from each of the three countries.
Azerbaijan’s political scientist Fikrat Sadikhov, commenting on the issue, noted that the new military alliance between Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia intend to act as the unifying union against separatism and international terrorism for the security of their borders and the region as a whole.
“I believe that for occupant Armenia this fact should be alarming and a real message from its neighbors, for territories of which Armenia groundlessly claims many years. Armenia pursues a policy of aggression and seizure to expand the geography of its living space,” Sadikhov noted.
On the other hand, the alliance does not aim to assign someone else's territory and does not intend to threaten the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Armenia, notes the expert.
“The coalition is aimed at preserving and restoring the territorial integrity of these countries, particularly Azerbaijan, as well as at improving the military and defense potential of these countries to protect their national interests,” Sadikhov said.
“Of course, appropriate plans for the prevention of various threats of terrorism, religious extremism will be outlined; therefore Armenia must draw conclusions from the current geopolitical situation, the new realities, and not irritate neighboring countries,” Sadikhov noted.
The political scientist added that Armenia’s leadership should weigh the pros and cons and realize that it is perceived in the region as an aggressor country and and the whole world community is aware of that.
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Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov
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