The fate of the Armenia-Azerbaijan "peace" treaty is connected with the Azerbaijan-Nakhijevan canal. political scientist

The fate of the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty is connected with the Azerbaijan-Nakhijevan canal, or the so-called "Zangezur Corridor". Political scientist Garik Keryan made a note about this.

"At the time, this corridor was also connected with the Lachin (Berdzor - ed.) corridor and the fate of Artsakh. Unfortunately, Armenian diplomacy could not use this circumstance in time to prevent the loss of Artsakh, the reason, of course, was the harsh pressure of the West and the struggle against the control of the Russian special services and border guards on the canals. Anyway, bygones are bygones. We never get back what was lost because we lack political foresight and lack of foresight.

Expert circles rightly believe that the resolution of the complex situation created now is possible with Moscow-Tehran-Ankara agreement, the West is stuck in the Middle East and Ukraine, their positions are being shaken here, even serious disagreements have arisen between Israel and the US in the Gaza Strip. on the question of continuation of operations. As we know, Erdogan met the President of Iran E. with Raisi. According to official information, the parties agreed on their positions on regional issues. I assume that the settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations was also a subject of discussion. Even now, the Turkish Foreign Ministry has mentioned the topics of Putin's and Erdogan's talks in Ankara.

Turkey expects to discuss the gas issue, the Akkuyu nuclear power plant project, what is happening in Syria, and the situation in the Gaza Strip during the planned visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated this in his interview. According to him, Russia's position on the Gaza Strip and Israel's war with Hamas is close to Turkey's position.

"Russia's position is the same as ours, regarding the early termination of the humanitarian aid war and the resolution of the two-state problem," Fidan said. He particularly emphasized the grain deal with Ukraine, saying that the head of Turkey attaches "great importance" to this issue. The grain deal was also one of the main issues during the previous meeting between Putin and Erdogan in Sochi in early September 2023. It was expected that Hakan Fidan would also mention the settlement of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations among the negotiation issues, but nothing was said about that.

Two assumptions can be made here. Either the agreements on that issue have already been reached through diplomatic channels, only Iran remained, with which the discussions took place during the Erdogan-Rais meeting, or Erdogan and Putin will try to reach a final agreement in Ankara, but they prefer not to make it public for now, because Russian- the Turkish cooperative format is currently a serious headache for Brussels and Washington. Naturally, from these centers there is a direct desire to destroy everything related to this cooperation. For now, they are waiting for the development of events in Yerevan and Baku," the political scientist wrote.