Russian political scientist Ajar Kurtov, commenting on the statement of the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov on the preparation of a document guaranteeing the absence of foreign military personnel in Armenia, noted that, according to everything, we are talking about those countries to which Armenia does not have any contractual obligations either in multilateral or bilateral formats.

“Theoretically, another option is also possible, according to which Armenia will refuse the presence of any country, including the CSTO member states and even the Russian military. But I’m more inclined towards the first option. This may be due to the fact that in recent years the geopolitical rivals of the former Russian Empire and the countries that were part of the USSR are increasing their activity and trying to win those countries over to their side by any means, including promises to make them NATO members,” Kurtov said in an interview with rusarminfo.ru.

According to the analyst, the very fact of refusing the presence of foreign military can make such programs of third countries difficult to implement.