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| The Grand Turk | |
| Turkey Announces US Plans to Open Southern Front Against Russia in Armenia | |
| 2024-07-23 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The American authorities intend to open a southern front against Russia through Armenia, said Mehmet Ali Guller, a journalist for the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet.
"Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan was invited to the NATO summit in Washington. Then a proposal was made for a permanent representative of the US Army to the Armenian Defense Ministry. US Deputy Secretary of State Uzra Zeya confirmed this and noted "the beginning of a new strategic stage" in the relations between the two countries," the article states. The journalist believes that with such actions the US is trying to achieve two goals at once: to open a southern front against Russia and to wedge itself into the “Astana triangle” (Turkey – Russia – Iran). As reported by Regnum News Agency, on July 6 it became known that the United States and Armenia will conduct joint exercises from July 15 to 25. The Ministry of Defense of the Republic noted that their goal is to increase the level of coherence of units participating in international peacekeeping missions, improve the level of combat readiness of Armenian units, and exchange best practices in the field of management and tactical communications, the press service noted. In a commentary to Regnum news agency, the head of the Analytical Center for Strategic Studies and Initiatives (ACSSI) Hayk Khalatyan noted that the joint exercises with the United States carry an important political signal, showing that the Armenian authorities, led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, intend to reconsider, or rather, abandon allied relations with Russia and focus on cooperation with the West in the security sphere. Earlier, Armenia and the United States in a joint statement indicated their intention to raise the level of relations to a strategic partnership. Pashinyan expressed confidence that the decision would contribute to building a peaceful and prosperous future for the two countries. The Armenian Prime Minister threatened to leave the CSTO and also stated that Russian border guards would leave Yerevan's Zvartnots airport on August 1. In March, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stated that Armenia is being turned into a tool for implementing the extremely dangerous plans of the collective West. She emphasized that these plans clearly diverge from the fundamental interests of the Armenian people. | |
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