According to political scientist Areg Kochinyan, Armenia must determine its priorities in foreign policy, otherwise it will lose the opportunity to make an independent choice.
The visit takes place at a difficult time for Armenia, when its strategic ally Russia and partners in the CSTO military bloc refuse to render assistance
Relations between Turkey and Greece, both NATO members, have become strained to the limit. The nations periodically accuse each other of violating each other's airspace with military aircraft, and air defense systems are brought into combat position. According to experts from both countries, the reason for the escalation has to do with decisive elections in both Turkey and Greece next summer.
"The people will be asked only if the government are absolutely sure that people will speak out against it" - the second front in Georgia and Abkhazia, discussion
The reaction in Nagorno-Karabakh to Pashinyan’s statement about his readiness to sign some kind of document with Azerbaijan, as well as the opinion of an expert
Azerbaijan explains the actions of its military as an answer to provocations by Armenia and the desire to create a buffer zone along the border with Armenia to oppose provocations in the future.
Armenian analysts believe that Baku has long been preparing grounds for another military escalation and thus intends to wrest certain concessions from Armenia
The number one topic on Azerbaijani social networks for the third day going is the arrest of journalist Avaz Zeynalov and his lawyer Elchin Sadigov. The court handed down its verdict in the case on Sunday morning.
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Late evening on September 8, official confirmation was received that Azerbaijan had returned the prisoners. The National Security Service of Armenia published their names.
According to political scientist Suren Surenyants, the businessman did not make the decision to move to Nagorno-Karabakh alone. Surenyants posits that Moscow may be behind the move.
“The process Armenia's liberation from the Russian Federation has begun. And it cannot happen without the support of the West,” political analyst Hovsep Khurshudyan maintains, concerning the working trips of two Armenian ministers - one to Russia, the other to the United States.
