While the political circles in Armenia are actively discussing the visit of the US state secretary Hillary Clinton to Armenia and the results, the American Stratfor company has published a very interesting article, which usually is considered to express the standpoints of the American government. This article covered the situation in South Caucasus and the interests of the US in the region. The article writes about the conflict of Karabakh, which is covered fully in the context of the interests of Azerbaijan. “Armenia used power and took control over Karabakh since the collapse of the Soviet Union. According to the resolution of the UN, the return of Karabakh to Azerbaijan is the main component of its national security and strategy. As for Armenia, it is not politically possible that it may give up and step back. This means that Clinton’s petitions to negotiate are not so important in consideration of the fact that the support of Washington to this issue is not bilateral but in the context of international negotiations,” writes the publication, which writes about the relations between Armenia and Turkey as well. “Recently the Armenians and Turks started negotiations to improve the relations, but these were failed, according to our opinion, because of Russia’s interference. The issue was more complicated when the committee of the Congress adopted a resolution condemning the Genocide, which made the Turks angry. One of the accusations brought against Armenians is their allegations that Armenians have massacred Azeri people. During the collapse of the Soviet Union they were in war against Azerbaijan by creating ethnic filtering of Azeri people from Karabakh and creating a serious problem for Azeri refugees. The UN security council condemned this campaign and the conflict was diplomatically frozen,” writes the expert of the Stratfor. The worst thing is the not above formulations but the strategy offered to the policy makers of America. “Armenia, which is economically the weakest country in the region, is Russia’s strategic partner and has Russian armed forces on its territory. In consideration of the fact that it does not matter to the US who will rule in Karabakh, and there is a resolution of the UN on the table, which can serve as a cover, it is hard to understand why the approach of the US is neutral. If the US is supporting Georgia, which is an official policy, it will be in Washington’s interests to satisfy Azerbaijan and develop closer relations, which will help them to enlarge their ability to manage the relations with Russia, Iran and Turkey,” writes the STRATFOR.
