ARMENIA HAS CHANCE TO BECOME FOCAL STATE IN THE REGION
PanARMENIAN.Net
24.10.2008 13:48 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ With Turkey brisking up activities in the South
Caucasus, Georgia, which has already lost Abkhazia and South Ossetia,
will have to defend its territorial integrity, NKR political scientist
David Babayan wrote in a peace of opinion titled "Global, regional
and local levels of latest political transformations in the South
Caucasus," obtained by PanARMENIAN.Net.
"The developing idea of pan-Turkism may incite the 500-thousand
Azeri minority of Georgia to secede and join the "elder brothers,"
Turkey and Azerbaijan. Under the circumstances, much will depend on
Armenia and Armenian-inhabited Javakhk. At that, Armenia may become
a key guarantor Georgia’s consolidation."
Armenia stands a good chance to become focal state in the region,
according to him.
"Viability and self-sufficiency of our nation and statehood depends
on the Armenia-Artsakh-Diaspora link. In this context, the key role
belongs to Artsakh and its future. Artsakh is one of the most important
constituents of security of Armenian people and statehood. But
for Karabakh, Armenia will lose Zangezur. Any breach in Karabakh’s
security will inevitably affect the future of the Armenian people,"
Babayan wrote.