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Armenia PM signals foreign policy shift away from Russia, labelling security alliances as "ineffective" and adding Armenia should join the International Criminal Court ICC

Armenia PM Signals Foreign Policy Shift Away From Russia - The Moscow Times

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/09/24/armenia-pm-signals-foreign-policy-shift-away-from-russia-a82549

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Sunday signalled a major foreign policy shift away from Russia following Moscow's refusal to enter the latest conflict over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenia PM Signals Foreign Policy Shift Away From Russia - The Moscow Times

"The systems of external security in which Armenia is involved are ineffective when it comes to the protection of our security and Armenia's national interests," Pashinyan said. His address aired just days after Azerbaijan claimed full control over Nagorno-Karabakh in a lightning offensive that forced the ethnic Armenian separatist territory to sue for peace.

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Takios

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Russia has time and time again shown to be an unreliable partner. Any country still depending on them should think hard about still trusting them.

Chariotwheel

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Not to mention, even if Russia was fully trustworthy, they did help Armenia before, what Armenia needs from it is military power and power projection. And with pathethic how Russia's military looks right now this is not a given. They are too distracted and don't seem to have ressources to fight their own war, let alone help Armenia. So, there is really no value in them for Armenia's purposes.

DarkThoughts

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If Russia was trustworthy, they wouldn't have invaded Ukraine and putting their military in this situation in the first place.

FridayChad

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Allies moving away from you and telling the world, that there is no point of being allies with you, is a clear signal of how Russia is doing atm.

plistig

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I wonder when Russia will start blaming NATO for Azerbaijan's aggression.

Hyperreality

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To be fair, one of the reasons Azerbaijan's able to be so agressive, is because the EU buys so much energy from them. Azerbaijan is arguably consolidating its position ahead of talks in Spain next month, so it can present the take-over as a fait accompli. They know the EU isn't able to go beyond a strongly worded condemnation. Beggars can't be choosers.

Of course, the reason the EU is forced to rely on Azerbaijan, is because Russia invaded Ukraine.

The reason Azerbaijan was able to invade Nagorno-Karabakh,and why Russian soldiers who are supposed to be preventing this kind of thing did nothing, is because Russia is too busy in Ukraine.

If Russia hadn't invaded Ukraine, Azerbaijan would likely have been more cautious.

HootinNHollerin

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Hyperreality

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Good point. Also China selling them weapons.

corrupts_absolutely

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Hyperreality

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Of course, if Russia hadn't invaded Ukraine, they'd probably be able to take a harder line on Turkey. But they're too weak to antagonize Turkey.

Skua

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Surely the EU would have been unlikely to intervene or protest beforehand anyway, though? No EU country has ever recognised Artsakh as the legitimate government of Nagorno-Karabakh, to my knowledge. Their official position has been that it's part of Azerbaijan since the first conflict thirty plus years ago

gravitas_deficiency

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This is pretty seismic, just to be clear.

Hyperreality

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It's been coming for a while now, but yes.

It's not just Armenia, it's all the former Soviet countries which are realigning themselves away from Russia.

bookmeat

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Wonder who they're aligning with post-Russia.

Kangie

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Really? But the tankies keep loudly talking about how Russia is winning hearts and minds internationally and seeing extreme battlefield success.

That couldn't be copium.