Eduard Sharmazanov writes: “Who is the Turkish Secretary General of the OSCE to stick his nose into the affairs of the Armenian Church?”

OSCE General Secretary Feridun Sinirlioglu made a sincere confession. he thought he was talking to Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan, but in reality he was talking to pranksters Vovan and Lexus.
The content of a common alleged phone call is generally as follows:

– I also expect the position of the OSCE that you can also support me in this matter.

– I will also deal with it. By the way, can you do that? Can you change the Catholicos?

– I think that now I have trump cards in my hands, and we can change the religion / they probably mean the head of the Church/. The only thing I can ask you for is your support in cases when we face great criticism from Karapetyan’s supporters.

“Okay, I’ll do everything possible.”

The Turkish Secretary General of the OSCE actually proves our hypothesis that the campaign against the Armenian Church and the Holy Father has at least the support of Turks and other foreign centers.

This is not an Armenian agenda, this is a hybrid war against RA and the values ​​of the Armenian people.

Sinirlioglu essentially acts within the framework of Bolton’s doctrine “Armenia must abandon its historical patterns”.

This is a direct interference in the internal affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian Church.

This act should be condemned by all political forces, society and why not the international community as well.

The question of dismissal of the OSCE Secretary General should be raised.

It is the OSCE that must condemn these words of its Secretary General, and if not, then it must be recorded that it is the den of a hybrid campaign against the Armenian people, the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian Church.”

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Gas technologist Armen Badalyan In other words, certain steps towards the consolidation of the opposition in Armenia after the elections, the arrest of the leader of the “Prosperous Armenia” party Gagik Tsarukyan and other internal political processes seem to be happening separately, but all these are different details of the same process.

“Why Gagik Tsarukyan? It is not the case that the PAP leader received the most votes during the elections and represents the greatest political threat to the ruling political force. Therefore, the arrest process of Gagik Tsarukyan should be considered in the context of Armenian-Russian relations.

In particular, it is no secret that last week at the “Edina Russia” party’s congress, the head of the party mentioned the name of Gagik Tsarukyan, stating that: “Violence is being carried out against the opposition in Armenia, the best example is the persecution of Gagik Tsarukyan.”

In other words, civil-“legal” processes are being carried out against Gagik Tsarukyan, parallel to which, Pashinyan is going to Russia to meet with Mishustin, trying to make this issue an object of political trade. He was trying to make it so that pro-Russian politicians can be released if Russia cancels economic restrictions on Armenia.” 168.amArmen Badalyan said in a conversation with

According to him, the Russian authorities are firm in their decision, and Nikol Pashinyan’s meeting with Mishustin also did not change anything, that is, the relevant structures of the Russian Federation did not cancel their decisions regarding restrictions on the export of goods.

“All this means that Nikol Pashinyan did not come to a common denominator with the Russian Prime Minister, that’s why the arrest process of Gagik Tsarukyan took place. Another big businessman, Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the “Strong Armenia” party, is also detained by this government.

We should look at the process of Gagik Tsarukyan’s arrest in the context of making that political trade, not in the context that he was a threat to the authorities, especially since he did not even have a deputy in the parliament,” stressed the civil technologist.

According to his observation, at the moment the three forces in the opposition field, the “Strong Armenia” party, the People’s Party of Armenia and the “Armenia” alliance, are united, other opposition forces will not unite with them. According to him, it is mainly these forces that can do any action.

“The internal political processes of Armenia should not be presented as purely internal Armenian processes, they are in the context of the ongoing struggle between Russia, the West, the EU, Great Britain. One front of the struggle is Ukraine, which has a military format, the second front is RA, which still has a political struggle format.

In all these processes, the RA economy suffers, which is exhausted and suffering losses. And as a result of all that, everyone will suffer. The reflection of all this was on May 30, the EAEU announcement, and the bell of all this will ring at the end of the year, on December 30. The Russian Federation will try to do everything in order to dismantle this government in Armenia, otherwise, most likely, Armenia will be pushed out of the EAEU, after which the Armenian economy will face collapse. Let’s not forget about gas, whose price increase will directly affect the economy,” emphasized Armen Badalyan.

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I inform the public that I received a notice signed by the person holding the position of YSU Rector that I will stop teaching at YSU from September 1. Ruben Melikyan wrote about this.

“It is obvious to me that this decision is due to my human rights activity and public activity, because I was not presented and could not be presented with any consideration regarding the quality of teaching itself.

Despite my busy schedule, my decision to invest my money in the education of new generations at the University for decades was primarily determined by my moral obligation to my mother educational institution. Therefore, I finish my 23-year teaching job at the Mother University with a clear conscience and an open mind.

At the same time, I consider this decision of the person temporarily occupying the position of YSU rector as a manifestation of arbitrariness and illegality. It is a small drop in the monstrous program of “Azerbaijanization” of Armenia, an important component of which is the vetting of the scientific and educational system. In this regard, the decision made against me is neither the first nor, unfortunately, the last.

HG. I will naturally continue my educational and scientific activities. In the next few days, I will announce the date of the presentation of my monograph on Mkhitar Ghosh’s Armenian Judgment Book. I will soon hand over my work of about 6 years to the judgment of the reader, and you will see how similar the times are. At that time, too, people were fighting against the program of “de-Armenianization” of Armenia and were also subjected to various persecutions,” he wrote.

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Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan message has spread, informing that large-scale military exercises with the participation of the Ground Forces of the country’s army have started, in which the “Commando” special purpose, motorized rifle, mechanized and artillery units, as well as the supply sector, are involved.

During the tactical military event, the tasks of bringing troops to combat readiness, transporting personnel and equipment by rail, transporting military units over long distances by road, including in conditions of limited visibility, were performed.

In addition to this, episodes of the capture of operational and combat regions, defense lines were also played.

Moreover, during the military exercise, taking into account the experience of the 44-day war in 2020 and the latest armed conflicts in the world, modern drones, radio electronic warfare, radio technical intelligence and high-precision weapon systems were also used.

   

Like a few days ago we reported in the aviation units of the Air Force of Azerbaijan were held training flights, during which Azerbaijan launched a fighter and attackers, target detection and hitting capabilities were tested.

In other words, the peace agenda with Armenia and, in general, the desire for peace in the region or the desire to avoid wars does not change Aliyev’s plans when it comes to the combat capabilities of his country’s armed forces. This once again confirms the famous saying: if you want peace, prepare for war.

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Once upon a time, high-ranking European officials, when visiting Armenia, considered it their duty to inquire about the condition of detained persons, visit penitentiary institutions, and familiarize themselves with the conditions of detention.

Today, however, the situation is different.

Armenian prisons are full of political prisoners.

Almost every day we receive information that a criminal case has been initiated against this or that public or political figure, he has been arrested or detained, people are also deprived of their property rights.

Details in the video

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As is known, Azerbaijan ordered JF-17C (Block III) fighters from Pakistan for the first time. military exercises implemented.

By making a reference to Pakistani sources, we wrote that before the 2025 military parade held in Baku, the JF-17C Block-III fighters of the Pakistan Air Force arsenal were brought to Azerbaijan in the context of the joint Azerbaijani-Pakistani Air Force exercise “Indus Shield Alpha”.

This information was later confirmed by Azerbaijanis as well the media, including standing close to the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan caliber.azthe

And the goal of the exercise was to improve cooperation, tactical coordination and operational compatibility between the air forces of the two countries. That is, this joint Azerbaijan-Pakistan exercise is focused on joint development, planning and mission execution of modern air combat tactics in the conditions of rapid technological development.

In addition, the Indus Shield Alpha military event has served as an important platform for sharing operational information and strengthening joint response capabilities in the event of potential air defense challenges.

More substantively, Baku considered the landing, evacuation, turn-around and other actions of fighters from Pakistan to Azerbaijan at its own base as part of the exercise important in terms of assessing the capabilities of the JF-17C Block-IIIs, which it expressed readiness to acquire.

That is, this allows decision makers to assess how fighter systems work within the national command and control architecture in interaction with existing air defense, reconnaissance and surveillance assets.

And, in fact, JF-17C fighters are already in the arsenal of the Air Force of the Azerbaijani Army.

According to Defense Security Asia, Baku’s decision to purchase JF-17 Block III fighter jets from Azerbaijan confirms the assessment that future regional conflicts will increasingly depend on the use of long-range air-to-air missiles, distributed targeting systems, high-precision strike capabilities and robustness to radio-electronic warfare, and not on outdated Soviet air combat doctrines.

And in this context, experts consider the acquisition of JF-17 fighter jets in the context of Pakistan-Azerbaijan-Turkey defense cooperation. Why?

We wrote a long time ago that taking into account the strategic relations between Pakistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey, it is possible that the Turkish air-to-air missiles Gökdoğan and Bozdoğan, which are still under evaluation, will be integrated into the fighters in the future.

Moreover, in March of this year, Azerbaijani sources had reported that Azerbaijan has ordered 40 units of the newest electro-optical targeting system ASELPOD from Turkey for JF-17 fighters, developed for combat aircraft.

The system allows you to detect and track long-range targets, determine their geographic location, and deliver accurate strikes.

Moreover, ASELPOD can be integrated with F-16 and unmanned aerial vehicles.

In other words, in the case of the JF-17 in Azerbaijan’s arsenal, we are dealing with the interaction of Turkish drone systems, ASELPOD targeting containers, tactical data transmission channels and a wider architecture of digital control of the battle space developed according to NATO standards and models.

In this context, let us recall that earlier we wroteTurkey’s military system was linked to NATO’s command and control system for 44 days.

“The use of F-16s, which revealed our entire air defense system… The military air force of that country is among the most developed military air forces in NATO member states. Why? Because they were one of the first countries to create a system of command, control, communication, intelligence management. And that military system, in turn, was interconnected with the NATO command and control system,” former RA Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan detailed in the Investigative Commission.

And a few more specialists episode are distinguished in connection with the new fighters added to the arsenal of Baku:

■ The JF-17 fighter, due to its compatibility with the Chinese PL-15E missile, is able to hit targets outside its direct line of sight.

■ The combat aircraft’s estimated range of 900 km allows for long-term air operations in wider areas of the Caspian Sea region without direct dependence on vulnerable front-line operational infrastructure.

■ The ability of the JF-17 fighter to integrate anti-ship missiles, including the C-802AK, in particular, will allow strengthening Baku’s ability to protect strategic maritime energy infrastructure in the Caspian Sea.

In other words, as Defense Security Asia observes, Baku is hinting at “broader lessons” learned from recent regional conflicts. Whether or not different specialists will allow some exaggerations in relation to this or that weaponry is not important in this case.

It is also a fact that after the 44-day war, Baku immediately has started the process of modernization of the country’s air force, especially with the help of Turkey. Let’s not forget the Su-25 bombers modernization equipped with Turkish SOM ŞAHİN cruise missiles, the flight range is more than 250 km.

Let’s return to the JF-17 fighters and draw attention to an important fact. according to various international professional platforms, The fighter jets purchased from Pakistan were deployed at the Nasosnaya (Arabic: Nasosnı aviabazası) military airbase, which is located not far from Sumgait city.

That is, in the context of the purchase of these fighters, Azerbaijan is carrying out large-scale construction and infrastructure modernization works. In particular, with different information՝ new hangars were built for the protection and maintenance of modern aircraft, and modern infrastructure was created.

In other words, in fact, an attempt is being made to make the Nasosnaya air base, equipped with fighter jets, one of the most important and best protected strategic facilities of the Azerbaijani Air Force.

168.ammonths ago had informed that the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, approved the changes in the law “On Expropriation of Land for State Needs”. According to the approved amendments, the expansion of state-owned airports and aerodromes, as well as the construction of new airports and aerodromes, have been added to the list of state needs for which land expropriation can be carried out.

To what extent the RA government takes note of the above, although, as we mentioned, the acquisition of JF-17 fighter jets by Baku has broad goals, we can only make assumptions. On the other hand, after the Yerevan military parade on May 28, to which had made flights Su-30s, international experts and had made certain records.

In particular, both Military Watch Magazine (MWM) and OSINT analysts (intelligence based on open sources) Iranian “Yasin” planing aerial bombs were noticed under the wings of the Su-30s in the arsenal of the RA Armed Forces.

By: open data, The Yasin high-precision bomb with a planning and correction module weighs 300 kilograms, the mass of the warhead is 225 kilograms, and it belongs to the MK-82 class.

The aerial bomb is designed for hitting stationary targets using GPS satellite navigation and inertial navigation systems.

According to available information, the range of the bomb under standard conditions is 50-60 kilometers, and in case of release or throwing from the optimal height, it can reach up to 120 kilometers.

In other words, Suren Papikyan promised Supplements for the Su-30s have arrived. But we should not forget that RA has only 4 Su-30, while there was an agreement to buy 8-12 units, which would require appropriate airfield and technical infrastructure. This has not been done. What Baku is doing, by the way, according to various reports, Aliyev intends to buy up to 40 units of JF-17 fighters.

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On March 25 of this year, during a question-and-answer session with the Government in the National Assembly, Nikol Pashinyan announced that in 2020 they made a conscious sacrifice.

“We made a conscious sacrifice in 2020, as a result we gained statehood and independence. We were not the authors of all the sacrifices before this, they took us to the shore and sacrificed for their interests, for the first time we sacrificed for our interests, our state and identity, the future.

The guarantor is the one who put the rope around the neck of the calf and guarantees that he does not even have the right to decide when to go to the sacrifice, he does not have the right to go to the sacrifice for himself, he can go to the sacrifice only for the guarantor, when the guarantor says that it is time for you to be slaughtered, go and be slaughtered.” had said Nikol Pashinyan.

Weeks after Nikol Pashinyan’s announcement, members of the “Sons’ Call” NGO of parents of servicemen who died in the 2020 Artsakh 44-day war organized a protest near the General Prosecutor’s Office building. They submitted a crime report to the prosecutor’s office regarding Nikol Pashinyan’s statement.

The parents of the victimized boys collected signatures right near the Prosecutor’s Office building, and then submitted the relevant application to the department.

Today of 168.am in a conversation with lawyer Vahan Hovhannisyan said that the claim is already in the domain of the court, but they have not yet received a decision from the court, it is being examined by written procedure.

“Criminal proceedings were not initiated regarding the report of the crime we presented, we also appealed to the prosecutor, the decision was left in force by him. In other words, the legality to initiate proceedings was established, after which we applied to the court in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure and we are waiting for the court’s decision,” said the lawyer.

Vahan Hovhannisyan believes that Nikol Pashinyan must be summoned for questioning if criminal proceedings are initiated.

“With the report on not initiating criminal proceedings, the investigator commented on Nikol Pashinyan’s speech and put that comment as the basis of the report prepared by him. In other words, Nikol Pashinyan’s words were interpreted by the investigator, therefore, if criminal proceedings are initiated, the body implementing the proceedings must question Nikol Pashinyan in order to get that comment from him,” emphasized Vahan Hovhannisyan.

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According to the official results of the Armenian parliamentary elections held on June 7, three political forces entered the National Assembly. The “Civil Agreement” party received 49.7456% of the votes (726,819 votes), businessman Samvel Karapetyan’s “Strong Armenia” alliance received 23.2710% (340,060 votes), and former President Robert Kocharyan’s “Armenia” alliance received 9.9231% (144,983 votes). Businessman Gagik Tsarukyan’s “Prosperous Armenia” Party (PAP) was considered a possible participant in the new parliament at a certain stage of vote counting, but as a result, it received 58,287 votes (3.9893%) and could not overcome the 4% temporary threshold established by law.

In the newly elected parliament, the “Civil Agreement” party received 64 mandates, the “Strong Armenia” bloc – 29, and the “Armenia” bloc – 12 mandates.

so the ruling party has retained the parliamentary majority, but does not have the constitutional majority necessary to unilaterally make changes to the Mother Law of the country. On the other hand, a powerful opposition bloc consisting of 41 deputies was formed in the National Assembly, which can turn any legislative process into a tough political battle.aof the field.

At the same time, 7 of the 18 political forces that participated in the elections on June 19, including the “Strong Armenia” and “Armenia” blocs that entered the parliament, appealed to the Constitutional Court (SC) demanding to invalidate the election results or to schedule a second round of voting.

This is an unprecedented situation for the first time in the history of Armeniar: was created when so many political forces appealed to the CC to challenge the election results. According to the applicants, the conditions of an equal election contest were not observed.

During the pre-election campaign, those who directly disagreed with the decisions of the authorities were repressed.  They continue even after the vote, and even against the representatives of the opposition forces, who were elected or may enter the parliament as a result of the elections. The pressure campaign continues today՝ up to the intention of the authorities to arrest them.  Isn’t it?՞ that a significant number of voters voted for them.

Even the OSCE international observers announced that the pre-election campaign in Armenia was confrontational, that the parliamentary elections were accompanied by criminal prosecutions of opposition representatives and other factors that negatively affected the equality of the conditions of the pre-election struggle. The organization also noted that the pressure on public sector employees to force them to participate in the events of the ruling party, as well as socio-economic measures dedicated to the elections (increased pensions) raised questions about the equality of opportunities for campaign participants.

On the day of voting, there were quite a few violations and questionable results. On the eve of the elections we warned about possible manipulations by government structures, if the counting of votes leads to a disappointing result for them.  For example, by canceling voting in certain precincts, they will try to prevent the third opposition force from overcoming the 4% barrier to enter parliament in order to take advantage of its votes and increase its own representation.

Our prediction came true. The CEC announced that the votes of only a few dozen voters were not enough for the PAP. After a selective recount at the opposition’s request, the CEC admitted serious violations and canceled the vote in three polling stations where PAP had good results. CEC also admitted that as a result the votes given to Tsarukyan’s party were credited to other organizations, mostly to CP. If PAP entered the parliament, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s party would not be able to appoint, for example, the head of the Central Bank and the members of the Supreme Court.

Candidate of Legal Sciences Arsen Tavadyan կարծիքով՝ After canceling the results in 3 precincts, the CEC should either hold re-elections in those precincts, or schedule new elections for the National Assembly.

At the same time, he refers The decision of the Venice Commission on a similar situation during the 2025 presidential elections in Romania was completely annulled by the Constitutional Court and new ones were appointed.

However, CEC, violating the Constitution, refused to hold re-elections. By invalidating the results without ordering a repeat vote as required by law, the CEC effectively changed the electoral implications of the vote while simultaneously depriving voters of those precincts from the mechanism of restoration of their voting results.

The opposition criticized such a decision, because Article 101 of the Election Code the article allows to correct the committed violations “by double voting in separate polling stations”. Nevertheless, CEC chairman Vahagn Hovakimyan (former CP member, Pashinyan’s close friend, who collaborated with him in his family daily “Haykakan Zhamanak”) stated that there are no legal grounds for canceling the results of the parliamentary elections on June 7, and that violations in individual precincts cannot be grounds for canceling the results of the elections, after which he again suggested the complainants to apply to the Constitutional Court.

The review of claims challenging the results of the parliamentary elections in the CC began on June 26 (the deadline for making a decision was July 4). It turned into a detailed electoral manipulation of the government disclosure.

For example, in 20% of polling stations are available discrepancies between the number of ballots and the number of voters, and in almost all precincts (98%-99%) the CP won with a larger (than average) margin. The process initiated by the opposition forces shows not only the crisis of confidence in the official results of the vote, but also the direct involvement of state institutions in ensuring the victory of the ruling CP party. The leader of the opposition “Armenia” bloc, former president Robert Kocharian to the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused in the fact that, on his instructions, the CEC “stole 60,000 votes of citizens given in favor of the PAP during the elections”.

In general, the elections in Armenia showed that the society is deeply divided. Opinions among the voters were almost equally divided, if we do not take into account the votes collected by the ruling party at the expense of administrative resources.

The political science interpretation of the results of the parliamentary elections in Armenia through the prism of “opportunities” and “limitations” clearly reveals the two opposite sides of the “glass half full or half empty”.

On the one hand, the party of the current Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, has collected more votes. CP secured a majority in the National Assembly, 3/5 of the total number of deputies. This allows the party to pass laws and elect important officials. Moreover, the ruling party has not received a constitutional majority, in particular, it will not be able to change the Constitution.  And here already problems arise for the current government.

The point is that the entire pre-election rhetoric of the CP was built under the slogan of achieving peace with Azerbaijan. However, official Baku demands to remove from the basic law of Armenia the provisions with reference to Nagorno Karabakh, which it interprets as an obstacle to the peace treaty.

For that, Pashinyan needs not only “his” cabinet of ministers.  He needs legal instruments to manage the country’s strategic future, a mandate for a geopolitical turnaround: a new Constitution, a final solution to the Karabakh problem with Azerbaijan, a settlement with Turkey, and maintaining neutral relations with Russia in case of deepening the Western course.

Passing such decisions in the new parliament will be very difficult for Pashinyan. Under these conditions, the official Yerevan will have to continue the complex policy of “two seats”, balancing between the drift towards the EU and the obligations regarding the EAEU, while the high tension will be maintained inside the country. That is why the absence of the constitutional majority of the prime minister becomes not only an internal but also an external problem for him.

The Armenian mass media note that the opposition parties have passed the electoral threshold for a long time were a decisionIs it worth taking the parliamentary mandates, or is it necessary to give up them, following the example of our Georgian colleagues, in order to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the current state government? On the one hand, Pashinyan has already received congratulations from the USA, the European Union, Turkey, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, which seem to have already recognized the legitimacy of his government.

But if the opposition refused the mandates, then the CP, having no opposition in the parliament, can solve any issue without taking into account with anyone.. If the opposition is represented in the parliament, it will deprive Pashinyan of the constitutional majority. In that case, it can prevent the adoption of the new Constitution by joint actions in the National Assembly.

In this situation, it can be assumed that any radical step by the ruling party will inevitably cause a deep internal political crisis.

The relative success of Nikol Pashinyan in the elections was positively received in the USA, Europe, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, as well as in a number of Central Asian countries.

The New York Times attention concentrates on the fact that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was close to receiving a mandate to promote peace negotiations with Azerbaijan, which were organized with the mediation of President Trump.

The final agreement has not yet been signed, as the countries have not agreed on the border that should emerge as a result of the settlement agreement. “For the final conclusion of the agreement, Azerbaijan insists that Armenia exclude its claims to the disputed region from its fundamental documents, which are mentioned in the Constitution of Armenia.

However, to make changes in the Constitution, a two-thirds majority of the votes in the Armenian Parliament is required, which, according to all, Pashinyan’s party will not achieve,” the newspaper reports. It reports that the Armenian government has called on the United States to continue its involvement in regional affairs and help Armenia and Azerbaijan reach a final agreement.

British The Guardian-ը notes, that the parliamentary elections were the first national elections since Armenia lost control of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan in 2023, a painful defeat that ended more than three decades of Armenian control over the disputed region.

According to the author of the article, Pashinyan managed to turn this issue into a political asset.

“Arguing that Armenia’s pursuit of Karabakh has led to the country being mired in perpetual conflict…, he presented that painful chapter as a necessary starting point for a safer and more prosperous future.” The newspaper considers Armenia’s economic growth, which is largely due to the inflow of Russian business and capital, to be another factor in Pashinyan’s success.

This has allowed him to make significant investments in the regions of Armenia, where his support remains strongest. At the same time, the newspaper notes that on the eve of the elections, the Armenian authorities arrested oppositionists, including members of Karapetyan’s party, on various suspicious charges. from bribery and financial crimes to calls to overthrow the government.

During the election campaign, Pashinyan sometimes behaved erratically, contrary to his previous statements, engaging in fierce public arguments with refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, whom he accused of “fleeing” the region instead of staying and fighting. The author of the article notes that the EU largely ignores the criticism of Pashinyan, not hiding its support for the current Armenian leadership’s secret desire to stay away from Moscow. 

At the same time, the main post-election problem in London is considered not the violation of democratic principles in Armenia, but the suspension of negotiations with Azerbaijan due to the complexity of the constitutional amendment, which Baku demands.

 An international human rights activist, “Amsterdam

Macron, von der Leyen and Trump were quick to praise the unbalanced dictator Pashinyan. It is already becoming clear that the West is not interested in the fate of the Armenian people. their goal was only to attack Russia. Now they turn a blind eye to the obvious overthrow of democracy for their own geopolitical interests.”

Nikol Pashinyan’s victory in the parliamentary elections gives Ankara a chance to implement its plans. it is an opportunity to secure the new regional architecture of the South Caucasus under its auspices. On the eve of the NATO summit to be held in Turkey (Ankara, July 7-8), former Turkish ambassador and UN representative in Baku Ismail Alper Joshkun and former deputy of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Garo Paylan are appearing came to the “Carnegie Center” website (recognized as undesirable in Russia) “Next steps on the road to peace after the elections in Armenia” program by article։

The authors of the article hint that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is preparing to use the NATO summit in Ankara, in addition to the main agenda, as an opportune moment to organize a quadrilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, the purpose of which “should be to prevent the stagnation of the peace process and to create a political and economic base for its further advancement through the joint commitments of Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and interested international financial institutions.”

The latter is a new “road map” for Armenia without CSTO and EAEU.

Such an approach, if it happens, will clearly contradict Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to the announcements During the working visit to Moscow and Kazan (June 16-17), “that the issues of the South Caucasus should be resolved by the countries of the region and close neighbors on the basis of dialogue and cooperation within the framework of the regional platform: 3 3”.

In this context, Fidan’s visit to Armenia a day after the publication of the final results of the parliamentary elections does not seem accidental. Especially considering the fact that, according to him, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan regularly holds consultations with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on regional issues.

It can be assumed that he came to “agree” with Russia on the new balance of interests in Transcaucasia. There is almost no information about the results, but I do not exclude that his task was to convince the Russian leadership to recognize the legitimacy of the Armenian elections, to find a compromise on this issue and to build cooperation with Ankara, taking into account the further deviation of Yerevan to the west, and taking into account the geography, conventionally in the “Turkish” direction.

Western and Turkish politicians directly call Armenia the “missing element” of the organization of Turkic states. (Armenia as the missing element of the Organization of Turkic States // AlphaNews. 26.11.2025. – URL: alphane ws.am/en/projects/armenia-as-the-missing-element-of-the-organization-of-turkic-states/ (date of access: 01.12.2025)։ Such judgments should be evaluated as a political order to expand the zone of Turkish control. Moreover, the obvious subordinate position of Armenia in the proposed geopolitical structure is outlined.

According to me, Azerbaijan’s supremacy with Turkey’s support in the conflict settlement process with Armenia was a practical confirmation of the Western project of reconstruction of the South Caucasus. The local project of such restructuring is the pro-Turkish regional architecture, which, by accepting, Armenia will inevitably lose its identity and, most importantly, its sovereignty.

Alexander Ananev

Retired senior adviser to the Russian Foreign Ministry

interaffairs.ru

Translation by Zhanna Avetisyan

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