APA, Azerbaijan
July 5 2012
Armenian political analyst: `Central Asian members of the CSTO will
not bear arms against Azerbaijan, their Turkic and Muslim brother, in
case of start of a war’
[ 05 Jul 2012 11:20 ]
`Uzbekistan’s withdrawal from the CSTO doesn’t have a negative effect
on Armenia’s security in the Caucasus’
Moscow. Farid Akbarov – APA. `Withdrawal of Uzbekistan from the
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will not weaken the
organization’, said Russian political analyst, editor-in-chief of
`Problems of National Strategy’ journal Ajdar Kurtov in the
Moscow-Astana-Yerevan telebridge entitled `Security in the south
border of the CIS’ held in Moscow, APA’s Moscow correspondent reports.
According to him, Uzbekistan’s activity in this organization was not
heartwarming: `This step of Uzbekistan’s government is a political
mistake. It is not a forward-looking step. The Uzbek people will pay
the results of the step of Karimov’s government. Withdrawal of
Uzbekistan from the CSTO will lead to start of local armed conflicts
in the Central Asia. There are interstate contradictions in the
Central Asia in the issues of energy, water and land use. These
contradictions can cause an armed conflict between Uzbekistan and
Tajikistan’.
Director of International Research Analytic Center under Moscow State
Institute of International Relations Andrey Kazantsev said that
Uzbekistan had formally suspend its activity in the CSTO long time
ago: `Uzbekistan hasn’t been functioning in the organizations for
several years and don’t attend the organization’s events. That’s why
Uzbekistan’s withdrawal from the CSTO will not impact the
organization’s activity’.
Armenian political analysts said that Uzbekistan’s withdrawal from the
CSTO is of no account for Armenia. Chief of Political Studies
Department of the Caucasus Institute Sergey Minasyan said that Central
Asian republics will not render assistance to the CSTO if the Nagorno
Karabakh war starts: `The Islamic and Turkic factor will show itself
here. They will not bear arms against Azerbaijan, their Turkic and
Islamic brother. That’s why Uzbekistan’s withdrawal from the CSTO
doesn’t have a negative effect on Armenia’s security in the Caucasus.
Armenia has a giant ally like Russia and Armenia cooperates with
Russia in military sphere within the CSTO. We hope Russia will help
Armenia, the CSTO member, if the war in Armenia starts. Otherwise,
Russia will lose both Armenia and Azerbaijan, which regained Nagorno
Karabakh…’
Another Armenian political analyst David Jamalyan said that the
current situation in the South Caucasus was satisfying Russia: `In my
opinion, the status-quo in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict satisfies
Russia’.
Kazakhstan’s political analyst said that Kazakhstan supported the
peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress