Turkey, Azerbaijan have 'unexhausted agenda' with Armenian leader - expert  

Both Turkey and Azerbaijan have an unexhausted agenda which they are trying to realize as long as Nikol Pashinyan remains the prime minister of Armenia, according to Anna Karapetyan, the director of the analytical center Hayatsk (Insight).

"Turkey and Azerbaijan see very well that Armenia today has the kind of government which readily fulfills their demands and desires. They have got what they believe an exceptional opportunity, from which they must derive a maximum benefit," she said in a televised interview with ArmNews TV channel's Lilit Tumanyan.

Highlighting the Turkish-Azerbaijani threats and pressures against Armenia - alongside with feigned "artificial motivations" - the expert also referred to statements by both countries' high-ranking officials promising  participation in regional projects.

"They thereby enable the Armenian authorities to convey those false promises to the people," she said.

"Turkey and Azerbaijan have an agenda not exhausted for now, and they understand that as long as Nikol Pashinyan remains in office, they have the opportunity to reach the assigned goals. For Turkey, it is the abandonment of the Genocide recognition campaign and the national cause. In the case of Azerbaijan, it deals with the claims towards the Armenian borders and the roadway to the Artsakh [village] of Karmir Shuka. The two, put together, have to do with the corridor connecting Nakhichevan with Azerbaijan," the expert said, considering the stated facts a good reason for the two states to "help" Pashinyan with infrastructure opportunities and economic development prospects.

"The Turkish leadership does not even refrain from the direct assistance to Azerbaijan," Karapetyan said, citing the numerous statements from that country after the top military brass' call for the prime minister's resignation.