Withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from Nagorno-Karabakh confirms  stronger influence of Turkish factor in region - MP

ArmInfo.The departure of Russian peacekeeping troops from Artsakh confirms the significant strengthening of the Turkish factor in the region, opposition MP 

Tigran Abrahamyan wrote his Facebook account. 

"No matter how much this issue is considered through the prism of the 

position of the RA government on recognizing Artsakh as part of 

Azerbaijan and removing the Artsakh issue from the agenda, it is 

obvious that the withdrawal of the peacekeeping contingent also 

contradicts the interests of the Russian Federation in terms of its 

regional priorities," the MP said. 

He added that Russia's policy in the South Caucasus led to the fact 

that other geopolitical centers created a situation where Russian 

influence began to weaken, and due to this, directly and indirectly, 

the Turkish presence grew. "What is happening in this situation? Yes, 

the same thing that happened to us in different periods: we, the 

Armenians, were killed, forcibly resettled, lost our homeland, but 

even in this state there is still no complete and deep understanding 

of what is happening with happened to us. Since yesterday, in order 

to save the situation, various Russian politicians have declared that 

the peacekeeping mission has solved its problems and is therefore 

leaving. This is a dishonest approach, since the tripartite statement 

of November 9, 2020, which is constantly being manipulated, 

determined something completely different, and in. first of all, the 

existence of Armenian Artsakh in the presence of Russian 

peacekeepers. As for why the real problems raised in cooperation with 

the government of the Republic of Armenia were not resolved, the 

figures and structures of the Russian Federation that deal with 

relations with the South Caucasus, and especially, bear their share 

of responsibility with Armenia," the MP said.