ArmInfo. There is a chill in Turkish-Russian relations, says political scientist Stepan Danielyan.
He justified his assumptions by the fact that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced progress on the issue of Sweden's membership in NATO , for which Turkey expects to receive new F16 fighters and spare parts for existing aircraft.
Danielyan stated that Sweden's membership in NATO creates strategic threats for Russia in the Baltic Sea and problems in communication with the Kalingrad region.
"In addition, on December 16, a secret meeting on the Ukrainian issue was held in Riyadh with the participation of high officials from Turkey, Saudi Arabia and India. And the UK was one of the main organizers of the meeting. This also deepened the mistrust that arose in relations between Turkey and Russia," the expert is convinced.
At the same time, the political scientist noted that the UK is the geopolitical roof of Turkey and Azerbaijan. "These developments may form a new situation in the Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations. Let us remember that after the meeting between Erdogan and Putin in Sochi in September last year, the ethnic cleansing of Armenians in Artsakh was completed.
It is no coincidence that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, having refused the mediation of the European Union and the United States in the Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations, now refuses the mediation of Moscow and proposes a direct Armenian-Azerbaijani format, without intermediaries," he added. Danielyan also considers it noteworthy that after the secret negotiations held in Riyadh, a discussion on a peaceful settlement in Ukraine is expected in Davos, in which the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia will also take part.
"Questions arise here about the policy of the so-called government of Armenia, what and whose goals they serve and what strategic calculations they have. Raising the question of the government's strategic calculations is rather a rhetorical question. It is clear that strategic thinking and the government of Armenia are incompatible concepts," Danielyan summed up.
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