DISINFO: The West is trying to sow chaos in Transcaucasia
SUMMARY
The West is trying to sow chaos in Transcaucasia, and the countries of this region need to fight these attempts. We see a great desire on the part of the countries of the collective West, the NATO bloc directly, to fish in troubled waters, and before that to stir up these troubled waters. These attempts are not happening for the first time. Therefore, we need to do everything so that the general destabilisation that is happening, which is already visible in various parts of the world, due to the West's desire to control chaos, does not spill over into our common region.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about an allegedly aggressive 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 the Western countries and Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. This is an attempt to deny these countries their right to decide themselves the political orientation.
Western countries supports 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 committing to it.
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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