ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia
August 4, 2017 Friday



Satanovski: Armenia and Russia are not threatened by the religious war
of Saudi Arabia and its allies with Iran

Yerevan 04.08.17

David Stepanyan. Religious war of Saudi Arabia and its allies with
Iran to Tehran's partners - Armenia and Russia is not threatened. Such
an opinion was expressed by ArmInfo President of the Middle East
Institute Evgeny Satanovsky.

"This war is still going on in the territory of Iraq, Syria, Yemen,
Libya, but in my opinion, its projection on the territory of Iran
itself was quite expected.I think that in the short term this
confrontation will spread to the territory of its instigator - Saudi
Arabia, Some other regional countries.According to Satanovsky's
estimates, the pressure on Iran through the Arab special services,
organizations financed by the Saudis, along the entire perimeter of
its borders is permanent, gradually covering the whole region of the
Middle East.However, the high degree of point conflicts between Iran
and Turkey playing its game will unambiguously affect Armenia in case
of escalating into a larger confrontation.

Stressing Tehran's small role in the settlement of the Karabakh
conflict, Satanovsky noted the closer relations of Iran with Armenia
than with Azerbaijan. The analyst, at the same time, expressed his
belief in the positive role of Iran in the development of the
economies of both Armenia and Artsakh."Against this background, Tehran
has contradictions and disagreements with Baku on a whole range of
issues, and the refusal of the ruling tops in Azerbaijan to perceive
any options for resolving the Karabakh conflict is one of such
disagreements," the analyst concluded.