La difesa di Jerevan la garantirà Mosca. Tutto come previsto, dunque, e preannunciato negli scorsi giorni. Nella giornata di venerdì, 20 agosto, il presidente russo, Dmitrij Medvedev, e quello armeno, Serzh Sargsjan, hanno siglato un nuovo accordo military that allows the Russian army within the territory of the Caucasus until 2044. Technically, the parties have extended an earlier document of 1995 that gave Moscow the right to possession and use of certain western bases in Armenia. But, de facto, the Kremlin has not only ensured the presence of its troops for another 34 years, but increased the powers exercisable in the area, and changed the purpose of the mission area to ensure security of Armenia, and to monitor its borders .
no coincidence that the Russian army will carry out exercises based on the constant Gjurmi, not far from the border with Turkey. Moreover, Moscow dislocherà area, in favor of Yerevan, advanced weapons - Interceptor-class and C-300 military aircraft MiG-29 - and special military techniques. De facto, the new agreement strengthens presence, armed Russian chess in a warm and delicate, where countries once part of the USSR, but now independent, as Georgia and Azerbajdzhan, are seen by Moscow as pawns to eat for specific purposes geopolitical and energy. In fact, the area should pass through the Nabucco pipeline designed to transport from U.S. and EU blue gold Central Asian origin in the West, bypassing the territory, and with it the economic dependence and the consequent political blackmail, Russia.
The Kremlin official sources tend to play down the significance of the agreement. At the Armenian television, the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, Sergij Lavrov said that nothing will change and the role of soldiers in Moscow will always be the same. More explicit and clear, the words of its chairman, Dmitry Medvedev, at the time of signing the agreement: "The task of the Russian Federation as the largest in the state, is the strengthening of security and economic growth in those countries in need . The safety of Yerevan - he continued - is nothing but the manifestation of our desire to maintain peace and order. "
Lavrov's calm, cool and Medvedev, in contrast with the enthusiasm with which, on the contrary, Yerevan has commented on the agreement. The Armenian president, Serzh Sagsjan, ha salutato positivamente l'incremento della presenza russa nell'area, utile per la sicurezza del Paese da lui presieduto. Personalità governative hanno precisato che i russi potranno contribuire alla risoluzione della partita con il vicino Azerbajdzhan per il Nagorno-Karabakh: regione contesa militarmente nell'omonimo conflitto del 1987-1994, oggi repubblica autonoma non riconosciuta, ufficialmente azera, ma etnicamente a maggioranza armena.
A conferma di ciò, le dichiarazioni del rappresentante del Partito Repubblicano, Eduard Sharmanazov, entusiasta della rinnovata alleanza con Mosca in chiave anti-azera. "L'accordo - ha dichiarato a Radio Liberty - esclude la possibilità da parte dell'Azerbajdzhan di riprendersi militarmente il Nagorno-Karabakh. I russi - ha continuato l'esponente del partito di governo a Jerevan - ci hanno promesso che si prenderanno cura della pacificazione dell'area".
Naturalmente differente la reazione azera, che ha accolto la notizia con estrema preoccupazione. Il ministero degli esteri di Baku si è appellato affinché Mosca rispetti gli impegni internazionali, e non utilizzi la base di Gjurmi contro l'Azerbajdzhan. In seguito, ha diffuso una nota con cui ha ricordato che Baku ha mantenuto sempre un atteggiamento costruttivo, volto alla risoluzione pacifica della questione. Senza l'impiego, né, tantomeno, la minaccia, dell'intervento bellico.
Maggiormente diretto il messaggio dell'ex consigliere del presidente Azerbaijan Vafa Gugulaza. "From today - he said, also on Radio Liberty - the territory of Armenia is in Russia. And Russia increases its military presence in Yerevan against NATO, against USA and against us [Azerbajdzhan, nda] All this, in view of a possible armed conflict with Iran, for its armed forces already in the area, located in Armenia, in Russian Armenia. Meglio, in Russian territory of Armenia. We should not trust the words of Medvedev and Lavrov. The design is accurate. "
However, many of the experts emphasize that, in reality, the real aim of the agreement, as well as geopolitical reasons already given, would not be the Azerbajdzhan, but Turkey. As pointed out expert in military tactics, Paul Felgengauer, the renewal of the presence of Russian troops in Armenia is not motivated by the conflict with Baku, but it is a clear message to Ankara launched and dry to prevent any possible future intervention in the area, considered the prerogative of Moscow.
"It is no accident - said - that the Kremlin has chosen to renew its presence in the base of Gjurmi, twenty kilometers from the border with Turkey. Placing its military bases in the breakaway Georgian regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia - continued - and increasing its rights in Armenia has a very significant military presence, close to two NATO countries or close to it, such as Turkey and Georgia. "
Matthew Cazzulani
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