ArmInfo.The absence of preconditions at this stage of negotiations between Armenia and Turkey is due to other Turkish interests in other regions. Political scientist Robert Ghevondyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
"Interests that are quite capable of influencing the process of the Armenian-Turkish normalization. For example, in response to the West's demand to ensure a certain level of relations with Armenia, Turkey can gain geopolitical preferences in the same Syria. Geopolitical games do not end with the Armenian-Turkish vector for Ankara playing on different boards. This is the reason for the numerous turns of Turkish policy in order to obtain the greatest benefit on this or that board," he noted.
Against this background, Ghevondyan is convinced that at the first attempt of Ankara to start talking with Yerevan again in the language of preconditions, Armenia should immediately withdraw from the negotiations. Because Turkish preconditions can go beyond the Armenian red lines. In the opinion of the political scientist, taking into account the stage of fairly rapid geopolitical transformations in which the world is today, each player seeks to acquire new political opportunities when the situation is entering a phase of relative balance in order to use them in the future.
Against this background, Ghevondyan is not at all inclined to completely and directly condition the Armenian-Turkish normalization by the current processes between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The political scientist sees their indirect influence on the Armenian-Turkish process in parallel with the influence of the Armenian-Russian, Russian-Turkish and Turkish-American relations.
"One way or another, I am not a big optimist in terms of the Armenian-Turkish prospects. And I do not expect the eradication of enmity between our countries. At the same time, I am well aware that the establishment of relations is possible with any enemy. The latest example of which is the energy cooperation of the Russian Federation with the West. Hence a request for a lack of emotions and cold calculation in the process of implementing Armenia's foreign policy. Where cooperation is possible, we should cooperate. And where we see a threat of going beyond our red lines, we must demonstrate hostility," the political scientist summed up.