DISINFO: The collective West does not abandon attempts to destabilise the South Caucasus
SUMMARY
The collective West does not abandon its attempts to destabilise the situation in the South Caucasus.
"Bombs" of Western intervention fall everywhere, including in the South Caucasus. The West adheres to neo-colonialist approaches based on imposing its models on sovereign states.
The Russian side has always been and remains against any attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign states. The West has completely different approaches. And the world has repeatedly seen what destructive consequences the West's attempts to impose its views have led to.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about an allegedly aggressive neo-colonial policy of the so-called collective West, playing a destabilising role in the Caucasus, creating turmoil and dragging the region into chaos.
Pro-Kremlin outlets frequently promote the idea that the Caucasus is exclusively within Russia's zone of geopolitical dominance and attempt to discredit any other cooperation between Western countries and Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. This attempts to deny these countries their right to decide their political orientation.
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Western countries support peace and security in the South Caucasus region. The EU has a strong interest in a politically stable and economically prosperous Southern Caucasus in full understanding with the states there. It took a prominent mediation role in negotiation and is committed to it.
Regarding the claim, that Russia is against any attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign states. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the South Caucasus has been a region of several ethno-political conflicts — Abkhazia, Nagorno–Karabakh, and South Ossetia. To this day, Russia continues to occupy 20 per cent of Georgia’s territory and impose its will on the people there, including by claiming the transfer of strategically important lands in Abkhazia to Russia. Moreover, Russia proved unwilling or unable to protect Nagorno-Karabakh, contrary to the general understanding of the Russian peacekeepers’ mission following the Trilateral Statement.
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