As Armenia breaks from Russia, U.S. moves in
U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Armenia on Feb. 10 has clearly demonstrated that Russia’s long-standing dominance in the South Caucasus is waning quickly. The strategically important region, long considered part of Moscow’s zone of influence, is now slipping into Washington’s geopolitical orbit. But who will be the major loser in this shift?
Following the 44-day war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2020 over Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seems to have made a decisive move away from Russia, seeking closer ties with the West — particularly the United States. In September 2023, he described Yerevan’s policy of relying solely on Russia to guarantee Armenia’s security as a “strategic mistake.” In June 2024, Armen Grigoryan, secretary of Armenia’s Security Council, accused Russia of “taking Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia, returning it to Azerbaijan and then leaving.”
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Serbia and then Armenia have both had to find out the great expectations of Russia didn’t match the reality.
@Nikola Mikovic
Only gullible Armenians believe American la la land promises.
Ever heard of the Kurds?
How many times have the Americans betrayed them? including now in Syria?
Ever been to America?
Met any Americans?
If you have, you’ll know how pig ignorant they are of the world outside of America.
Americans are going to die for a country they know nothing about?
Do you even know where Armenia actually is?
Barbaric Turks on its Eastern and Western borders and Persians to the South
All three of whom have ruled Armenia in the past and treated Armeniams with the same contempt as dhimmis.
The most salient point about Armenia is that for 800 years, there was no Armenia.
Armenians can abandon their only ally, just don’t complain about living as dhimmis.
Absolutely. Making a deal with America is like a Faustian bargain, with Pashinyan as Doctor Faust and America as Lucifer/Satan, which never ends well for the bargainer, in this case not Pashinyan, but Armenia. No country has betrayed its partners and allies as much as America. That country is the epitome of ingratitude and betrayal.
Hear! Hear!