ArmInfo.Armenian Premier Nikol Pashinyan's visit to France is evidence of an urgent need for Armenia to search for alternatives in ensuring its security, the political  scientist Stepan Grigoryan said in an interview with ArmInfo.  

On march 9, the Armenian premier, who was on a working visit to  France, held a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. The two  discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh problem and other issues on the  bilateral agenda.  

"The Armenian premier's visit to France and searching for alternative  ways of ensuring security is even more important in the context of  the Russian-Azerbaijani Declaration on Alliance recently signed in  Moscow. The logic is simple: should Azerbaijan launch an aggression  against Armenia or Artsakh, Moscow can officially refer to the  document and offer us to settle our problems with Azerbaijan by  ourselves," he said.  

According to Mr Grigoryan, the Moscow declaration eliminates even the  theoretical possibility of Russian military aid to Armenia in case  Azerbaijan attacks, and such a scenario is likely. However, under the  circumstances, which are not at all favorable, Armenia is incapable  of effectively defending itself from an Azerbaijani aggression, with  Turkey's active involvement.   

"I think this fact has to be admitted and we must stop being  self-deceivers. This last fact leaves Armenia with no alternative but  to, excuse my tautologizing, search for alternative ways of ensuring  its security. And one more war against Azerbaijan and Turkey is not  at all an alternative for Armenia. Rather, signing a security  agreement with France and the USA could be such an alternative. Such  a document would play a deterrent role should Baku and Ankaka plan an  aggression against Armenia or Artsakh."