ArmInfo.. Armenia does not have such a task as spoiling or worsening relations with Russia at all. I think that an elementary calculation of our available resources speaks in favor of this opinion. Leader of the Just Armenia Party Norayr Norikyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
"I believe that no one needs a new enemy in the person of Russia in Armenia, which is already surrounded by enemies. Taking into account our extremely limited resources, the formation of anti-Armenian sentiments in the Russian Federation is certainly not in our interests. It is in our interests only to set and implement the task of regulating relations with Moscow within the red lines of Yerevan. I have been repeating this since 2018," he said.
The politician is convinced that the task of the political elite of Armenia, starting from the Velvet Revolution itself, should have been to prevent Moscow from considering other countries, primarily Azerbaijan, as an alternative strategic ally. Accordingly, given the failure of this task, in his opinion, now the leadership of Armenia needs to work on its mistakes. In order to understand where exactly the errors took place. Noting that Armenia today is in a virtual state of external dependence, Norikyan stressed that the country has very few alternative opportunities. In his opinion, the need to make every effort to completely eliminate the corridor logic in the process of providing Azerbaijan with communication routes with Nakhichevan and Turkey comes from here.
In his opinion, the situation today is truly critical and fateful. This is a watershed moment for Armenia. Based on a number of international and domestic alarms, it becomes clear that the issue of the corridor is extremely acute for Armenia today. And the leadership of Armenia will have to make a fateful decision.
"We see that the Pashinyan government is trying to put forward an alternative to the corridor logic. But it is clear that the idea of a corridor will not be abandoned so easily by Ankara or Baku. One way or another, we should convey to the world that regardless of who is in power in Armenia, we do not intend to agree to corridor logic. The establishment of a corridor in Syunik means the loss of Armenian sovereignty in relation to this region," the politician summed up.