Russian political scientist: Armenia trying to sit on two chairs

Yerevan's desire to attract a European Union (EU) mission to the Armenian-Azerbaijani border for two years is openly anti-Russian and anti-Azerbaijani, Russian political scientist Yevgeny Mikhailov told Report, commenting on the decision of the European Union to send a civilian mission to Armenia.

"As far as I know, Baku was not against a mission for two months, but sending it for two years and in such a quantity is unacceptable," Mikhailov says.

He added that Azerbaijan is well aware that the main engine of such a process is pro-Armenian France, which has repeatedly lobbied anti-Azerbaijani resolutions in the EU.

"The EU mission is extremely dangerous for Russia's interests as well. In my opinion, it is evident that Yerevan understands what it is doing, and, accordingly, it clearly contradicts all previously reached agreements with Moscow. That is, it openly betrays them," he declared.

"Armenia is now trying to sit on two chairs at once, but apparently, it has already chosen the main chair in anticipation of how the situation will unfold."

After all, the expert noted that it is pretty apparent that Yerevan betrayed Moscow after Russia was somewhat distracted by its war in Ukraine, and at that moment, which is not surprising,

"Yerevan decided to play a game that was very dangerous for its own statehood," the political scientist added.