Eugeni Volk: "When Azerbaijan has to choose between the West and Russia, its choice will be in favor of the first one"

Azerbaijan is now skillfully maneuvering between Russia and the West, observing a definite balance of interests. However, in the geopolitical and strategic context in which Azerbaijan exists, its choice in West's favor is inevitable, said  Eugeni Volk, head of the Russian representative of the Heritage Foundation and candidate of historical science.

He said intensification of Russia's and Turkey's efforts will hardly lead to the soonest resolution of the conflict around Nagorno Karabakh.

"Positions of its direct participants are still far from each others. Moreover, Russia can be objectively interested in maintaining this conflict at a certain degree of tensions, as it allows it to influence both Armenia and Azerbaijan. In case of resolution, these levers can be lost while the initiative in the region will fully pass to the West", concluded Volk.

/Day.Az/