Armenia’s prime minister has called his country’s security relationships “ineffective,” in a swipe at Russia after Azerbaijan claimed the breakaway province of Nagorno-Karabakh following a swift military campaign.
Armenia is part of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation , a Russian-dominated group of six post-Soviet states, that, similar to NATO, requires members to come to each other’s aid when under attack. But this week, Azerbaijan forced the surrender of ethnic Armenian fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh, seemingly bringing to an end a conflict that has simmered for decades and raising the question whether Armenia could rely on long-term ally Russia.
One local official in the disputed region, said that the bulk of Nagorno-Karabakh’s Armenian population would leave for Armenia. “Our people do not want to live as part of Azerbaijan. Ninety-nine point nine percent prefer to leave our historic lands,” David Babayan, an adviser to Samvel Shahramanyan, the president of the self-styled Republic of Artsakh, told Reuters Sunday. The region is known as Artsakh to Armenians. Azerbaijan says it will guarantee the rights of those living in the region.
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