BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 16. Armenia,
which has historically all the time tried to have a foot on each camps,
has recently been striving to indicate itself as principally pro-Western,
though a current index of Russia’s allies printed by The
Economist journal exhibits the other, Trend stories.
In this rating, Armenia occupies an honorable second
place with 9 factors, second solely to Belarus, which scored 11
factors. Meanwhile, Kyrgyzstan closes the highest three (8 factors).
The rating relies on 11 indicators of help in
three areas: the diplomatic, the navy, and the financial sphere,
together with the power sector.
According to the journal, the international locations with the
highest scores are linked to Russia primarily by politics, historical past,
and geography, reminiscent of, as an illustration, Armenia, Belarus, Iran, and
Kyrgyzstan.
In specific, The Economist article emphasised that
Armenia is outraged that 3,500 Russian troops on its territory did
not come to its support in the course of the conflict with Azerbaijan in 2020.
“Armenia refused to host the CSTO [Collective Security
Treaty Organization] navy workout routines this 12 months and now appears to
be taking part in it protected relating to political patrons by inviting
an EU mission to watch the scenario on the border with
Azerbaijan,” the article stated.
The rating was compiled by such well-known companies,
suppose tanks, and organizations as CEIC Data, CSIS, Global Trade
Tracker, IEA, IISS, IMF, Lowy Institute, Nature, Silverado Policy
Accelerator, SIPRI, UN, and UN Comtrade.
Apparently, Armenia, remaining true to its custom,
is once more taking part in a double sport, not realizing that in the long run, it
will itself turn out to be a sufferer of a two-faced coverage.
