Date we must not forget – 24 hours

Russia The signing of the Declaration of Alliance with Azerbaijan is unequivocal snownot cheated. Questions about our relationship with our northern neighbor are still frequently asked. But he did not express such a serious concern.

Of course, not without reason. First of all, in the most diverse opinion polls Russia Azerbaijan has never been at the forefront of friendly countries: 176 years of captivity have left a deep mark on the historical memory of the people. Even during the last thirty years of our independence, the former empire gave the former metropolis enough grounds to renew this memory.

Secondly, the signing ceremony of the document was scheduled at a very inopportune time. Just a day before announcing its alliance with Azerbaijan – on February 21 Russia In all respects, not only his closest ally, but also his brother, decided to seize two regions of Ukraine and deploy troops there.

Third, for some reason the Declaration we are talking about was prepared in secret from the population. True, there were occasional hints that such a document was being worked on. The words of the President of Belarus Lukashenko were worth saying. In an interview with Russia’s Youtube channel, he also spoke about Azerbaijan when asked about the possibility of the former Soviet republics joining a new type of union. He said that, significantly different priorities of this country and make new friends and find an individual approach to it. It was understandable that, it is an individual agreement. A familiar principle for those who know the history of the USSR: Lenin’s principle. The leader of Soviet Russia also told his advisers not to be in a hurry.national superstition ”(national The Russian leader called this way of thinking) and advised everyone to find their own key.

But the main reason for the questions about the Declaration of Alliance with Russia is the text of the Declaration itself. Two-thirds of the text of this forty-three-article document contains provisions that have already been reflected in hundreds of agreements signed between the countries so far. They have nothing new. Special attention political and are the first 15 items on military cooperation. Basically there are two important commitments!

Article 4. Russian Federation and The Republic of Azerbaijan is the same on topical international issues and or deepen constructive cooperation, including at the bilateral level, by taking close positions.

We agree with the position of the Russian Federation on current international issues and or a close position ”? Maybe in the events in Ukraine, Georgia, Syria, or the United States and Do we consider our alliance with Russia possible in relations with Europe? Or if Russia has a new dispute with Turkey, this time we see ourselves next to our northern neighbor? In all these cases, do we consider how taking a “close position” to Russia will affect Azerbaijan’s relations with its real allies?

Article 13. Parties of the Russian Federation and Operation between the armed forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan and including joint combat training activities snowThey will deepen bilateral cooperation, as well as develop other areas of bilateral military cooperation.

The Shusha Declaration signed between Azerbaijan and Turkey last summer envisages the widest cooperation between the armed forces of the two countries. It is impossible to understand how closely Azerbaijan will cooperate with two military systems with completely different strategies, weapons and tactical training plans.

I also understand those who put forward different positions, justifying the need (read: obligation) to sign a Declaration of Alliance with Russia. Putin’s blurred vision and Body movements that show inner nervousness are a sign of many things. The two-headed eagle, though wounded, floats in the skies of Eurasia and continues to search for new steppes to expand its habitat. But all the obligations and needs snowThere is a date that we must not forget: the initial document signed between independent Soviet Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation on September 30, 1920 was also called the agreement on military-economic alliance. Two years and three months later, on December 30, 1922, this individual agreement was replaced by a collective agreement on the establishment of the USSR.

Sometimes I have this idea that, Putin Not to the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Russia, but to that collective agreement 10Prepares for the 0th anniversary.