"Relations are deteriorating" - political scientist told about the Azerbaijani-Russian relations

Baku/19.04.21/Turan: What is happening between Azerbaijan and Russia? This was stated by political scientist Ahmad Alili in the program Chetin Sual (Difficult Question) of Turan on April 19, 2021.

The political scientist believes that the Azerbaijani-Russian relations have begun to go sour, as the official Kremlin has not yet answered Baku’s question of who gave the Iskander-M missile to Armenia.

According to the political scientist, Russia wants to solve this within the military and experts and does not want it to be open to further publicization. According to Ahmad Alili, it is possible that the Russian side will not make further statements.

However, experts believe that the Armenian side could buy these missiles by paying a bribe, and this is the worst option. In this case, the Russian army can be considered a serious threat to the entire region.

According to the political scientist, the statement of the Russian Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs that 120,000 Azerbaijanis will be deported from Russia by June 15 this year also shows that the relations go bad. However, political scientists believe that the expulsion of 120,000 people from Russia is pressure on Azerbaijan; however, it is not adequate pressure, which shows that relations between the two countries are going sour.

Ahmad Alili added that at the same time, Turkish-Russian, Azerbaijani-Russian-Armenian relations have not remained the same but changed after the 44-day Second Karabakh War. "Now Azerbaijan pursues a policy of 'corridors', a policy of communications, and has mechanisms of influence," he said. According to him, Azerbaijan is also able to influence the parties because it has a large territory.

Ahmad Alili believes that Armenia was once a tool in the hands of Russia against Azerbaijan but now it has ceased to be a tool. "Under no circumstances should it be allowed to be a tool again," he said.

The political scientist said that problems are emerging step by step but this is not a difficult issue.

Ahmad Alili stressed that, in fact, Turkish-Russian relations are also gradually going sour. He also said that both countries are countries with global interests and their relations cannot remain frozen, it must be somehow dynamic.

Touching upon Turkish-US relations, the political scientist said that relations between the two countries operate on the formula of "backdoor diplomacy" and, of course, Europe is interested in Turkey’s showing moderate power to Russia. -05D-