Media: Nikol Pashinyan increases tension in South Caucasus with help of US

“Tension is created in the South Caucasus in a deliberate, purposeful and planned manner. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is increasing tension with the help of the United States. The Armenian army is accelerating its attacks against our brothers Azerbaijan, the US and Armenia are conducting joint exercises,” Turkish newspaper Takvim said, Report informs.

The article stated that Irevan is crossing a critical threshold by claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin will be arrested if he enters the territory of Armenia. "So why is the US taking Pashinyan in a very dangerous direction? Washington is jealous of the alliance between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Putin and is worried about this alliance. At the beginning of his visit to the USA, Erdogan made a very important statement at the Istanbul airport: ‘We, as Türkiye, have proposed holding a quadrilateral summit on the Karabakh issue. Putin, Aliyev, me and Pashinyan."

According to the article, Pashinyan is currently trying to play with the US-West: "Erdogan's proposal is to open a new way. The USA is trying to put pressure on Russia by opening the doors of NATO to Armenia. But will Russia turn a blind eye to Pashinyan's relationship with the United States? It never turns a blind eye."

The article mentions that the presidents of Azerbaijan and Türkiye, Ilham Aliyev and Erdogan, signed a joint declaration in Shusha on June 15, 2021: "In this context, Erdogan took a big step. Ankara will hold joint ‘Caucasian Eagle’ exercises on September 18-30 in response to the US-Armenia exercises. On the same dates, Türkiye and Pakistan's Eternal Brotherhood - II exercise will be held.”

The newspaper said that the 44-day Karabakh war was an important turning point both in Azerbaijan-Armenia relations and in Türkiye 's South Caucasus policy: "President Erdoğan, seeing the growing strategic importance of the South Caucasus, is making geopolitical and geoeconomic moves. The Turkish-Azerbaijani alliance changes important dynamics in the South Caucasus as well."