Russia’s isolation from the West automatically makes it search for by-pass routes with its Eastern partners, Arman Melikyan, the former foreign minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, independent political analyst, told ArmInfo.
“However, a glance at the map is enough to comprehend that they have little place to maneuver. After the Russian-Turkish relations faced an acute military-political crisis, the territories of Turkey and South Caucasus turned to be little attractive as alternative routes in view of the high risks of emergence or resumption of military conflicts there,” he said.
Nevertheless, the analyst does not think that Crimea’s reunification with Russia and …read more
Source: Arminfo
