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Russian military expert: "Macron speaks with the tongue of the global Armenian lobby"

Igor Korotchenko, Russian military expert

15 October 2022 02:28 (UTC +04:00)

"French President Emmanuel Macron has been under the influence of the Armenian lobby for a long time. The international Armenian lobby is behind his statements against Russia and Azerbaijan," said Russia’s "Nasionalnaya oborona" magazine’s editor-in-chief, well-known military expert Igor Korotchenko in an interview with APA’s Moscow correspondent.

"It is well known that French presidents are bought."

Commenting on Macron's statement accusing Russia of deliberately inciting the recent clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan in order to destabilize the Caucasus region and beyond, as well as his anti-Azerbaijani opinions, the Russian expert noted that there are several reasons behind why the French president behaved in this way:
"In general, it can be said that the global Armenian lobby speaks in Macron's language. Accusations of Russia's allegedly destructive role in the normalization of Azerbaijan-Armenia relations in the South Caucasus are actually not the words of the French president. He was just echoing what the international Armenian lobby has said. But why is Macron behaving this way? I would not rule out corruption here. It is well known that French presidents are bought. It is known to everyone that former French President Nicolas Sarkozy received money from the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for his election campaign and then bombed him. It is clear that Macron is in the same relationship with the Armenian lobbyists and the Pashinyan regime. Its goal is to put political pressure on Russia while also strengthening its position in Armenia and removing Yerevan from Moscow's influence. President Putin's statement, in my opinion, clearly and strictly defines the inadmissibility of such statements by the French President. The Russian president stressed that this was an unobjective, wrong, and unacceptable statement. Of course, Moscow will draw its own conclusions. I believe Putin will convey Moscow's official position to Macron during one of his next meetings with him.

The Kremlin's official position is as follows: "Karabakh is Azerbaijan."

The Russian expert also said that the Kremlin's position on Karabakh remains unchanged: It is worth noting that Russia played a key role in signing the famous tripartite declaration. That statement put an end to the Second Karabakh War. In principle, Russia today supports a resolution of the conflict based on international legal norms. International law principles and norms say Karabakh is an integral part of Azerbaijan. The official position of the Kremlin is that "Karabakh is Azerbaijan." Furthermore, the Kremlin is interested in the opening of the Zangezur corridor with "extraterritorial status" soon.