Armenia infuriated over Russian Rogozin
By Nazrin Gadimova
Anti-Russian sentiments are gaining new pace in Armenia, as the country was upset with Russia's position in the last military operation on the frontline with Azerbaijan.
Armenia staged provocations on the contact line of troops on April 2, thus making the Azerbaijani side to retaliate the mass attacks targeting not only military positions, but also civilians.
Armenian army killed 6 Azerbaijani civilians, while 26 were reported to get heavily injured as a result of attacks.
The scaly reply of well-equipped Azerbaijani troops to such sudden attacks revealed poor state of the Armenian army, which immediately blamed the countries, in particular Russia in sale of weapons to neighboring country.
Instead of thinking about its own aggressive actions towards Azerbaijan, Yerevan now calls to include Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin in the list of personas non grata after his statements in regards of deliveries of weapons to the both side.
Such a nervous statement indeed shows that while initiating a new provocation in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia was expecting a full, comprehensive support from Moscow, but this did not happen. And what is more, response of the international community was immediate and also did not suit the Armenian side – some politicians finally expressed their deepest concern over the existing status quo.
Now Armenia is demanded to withdraw its troops from the occupied Azerbaijani lands.
Reiterating his country’s official position over this issue, Rogozin said deliveries of Russian arms to Armenia and Azerbaijan form a balance that keeps the region from military escalation.
Moreover, Rogozin stressed that in accordance with agreements Russia will continue to supply weapons to Azerbaijan as their strategic partner.
"For Russia, Armenia is the CSTO ally, with whom we have military-technical cooperation, while Azerbaijan is not our ally, but it is our strategic partner in the region, with which we have strong economic ties,” the Russian deputy prime minister said.
Some Armenian mass media, including HayastanNews, report that after this statement it will be proper to declare Dmitry Rogozin unwelcomed person in the country.
Acting in this way, Yerevan has put itself in an awkward and stupid situation, and now is doing everything to undermine relations with its most important and sole ally – Russia. Armenia’s aggressive policy has resulted in its isolation from region’s important countries: Turkey has closed its border after Armenia occupied Azerbaijan’s internationally recognized territories, while Azerbaijan responded with the same actions after Yerevan's naked aggression.
If Armenia, the poorest country of the region, severs diplomatic relations with Moscow, it will hardly be able to deal with the all-absorbing crisis in solitude.
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Nazrin Gadimova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @NazrinGadimova
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