Three CSTO members supported a country fighting against their ally
The war in Nagorno-Karabakh showed serious problems in the collective security system in the post-Soviet space.
Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The events in Nagorno-Karabakh demonstrated that the collective security system in the post-Soviet space does not work. Interethnic and regional conflicts arising in the territory of the former Soviet Union are essentially ignored by the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which was seemingly created to prevent and resolve them,” the article notes.
The publication draws attention to the fact that a Russian peacekeeping mission is being deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh, but the CSTO troops were not involved in it.
In turn, political scientist and expert on CIS countries Arkady Dubnov, commenting on the situation that has arisen, emphasizes that Russia cannot risk putting the deterioration of relations with Turkey on the board of possibilities.
“These are bonuses that clearly prevail over the fact that we could stop Turkey radically in its support of Azerbaijan. Well, times, apparently, for Moscow are such that we are becoming not allies in the first place, but merchants and partners. The CSTO has shown its complete inconsistency in this situation,” the expert claims.
He also says that there is such an organization as the Council of Turkic-Speaking States, which unites three Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, as well as Azerbaijan and Turkey.
“So this council, which is headed by a Kazakh diplomat, on behalf of the entire council supported Azerbaijan in the war with Armenia. That is, an organization in which three CSTO members support a country that is fighting against their member,” says Dubnov.
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