The West did not offer Armenia security guarantees - Arman Grigoryan.
The Armenian authorities and forces close to them constantly say that Armenia was forced to take this step because the current security system is insufficient for the country. First, in Armenia certain idealistic ideas about the security system are sometimes formed. The same goes for the expectations of Armenia's foreign policy. If any ally does not conform to these idealistic ideas, then we see that it is usually a useless ally, and this system is not good. Of course, this is an illogical attitude to such issues. This is what Professor Armen Grigoryan from Lehigh University (USA) said today, November 9, during the panel discussion "Purposeful U-Turn: Armenia's Future in the CSTO and the Fate of the November 9 Agreement".
"These talks, of course, have intensified since September 2022, after the Jarmuk events. But there are two important circumstances here, which I talked about earlier.
First, we must take into account that for two years, Armenia, in fact, opposed the implementation of the November 9 document, which Russia also benefited from. That is, Armenia torpedoed several steps and actions, for which the Russians also took responsibility.
But it's not that important. Much more important is the fact that in September 2022 Russia was in a rather difficult situation in Ukraine. It seems unreasonable to me to expect that the only help we could see fit in this situation would be military intervention.
Here a third question arises: has it benefited us to turn this situation into such a scandal, such a big problem?