The U.S. cannot and doesn’t want to suppress Armenia, said chairman of the US-Azerbaijan Council, co-director of the U.S. Azeris Network Jeyhun Mollazade in an interview with the Azerbaijani 1NewsAz agency.
“The White House is trying to be above the battle in the process of settlement to the Karabakh conflict, but they cannot and doesn’t want to suppress Armenia for clear reasons. However, it’s unclear whether the pressure will be effective as Armenia isn’t linked to America like it is linked to Russia. And the Congress isn’t going to stop relief assistance; that is why the administration doesn’t set such a task,” he said.
“Armenia’s leaders as well as Armenia and Karabakh’s populations has never declared the independence plans off. And I don’t think that hopes to reconcile with Turkey will influence Armenia’s position over this issue.
“Armenia receives military support of Russia, economical support of Iran, the EU, and the U.S. It is noteworthy that both Iran and the U.S. are carrying the same policy, but for different reasons and in different forms.
“In addition, Armenia is trying to deprive Azerbaijan of the only ally – Turkey, however, with varied success. Though Turkey has invested too much in Azerbaijan in both political and economical sense to pose it at risk now for unclear compensation in return,” stressed Jeyhun Mollazade.
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