WASHINGTON. – The U.S. second largest Embassy is in Armenia due to its location, expert at Truman National Security Project Daniel Gaynor stresses. In his article Gaynor tries to answer the question why the U.S. gives so much importance to cooperation with Armenia.

“The best explanation is a real estate mantra: location, location, location. Armenia, a landlocked country with just three million people, might be in the roughest neighborhood in the world. But in America’s eyes, it might be in the most important position of any US ally to advance President Obama’s foreign policy agenda,” the expert claims.

Armenia borders with Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran. It relies on Russia in the sphere of trade and military support. However, the U.S. has its own stake for Armenia as a potentially partner to advance American aims.

Armenia develops military cooperation with Russia, while improves economic integration with the West. At the moment Armenia has two best friends, including Russia and Iran, the two are opponents of the U.S. Cooperation with those states is not necessarily because of shared ideologies, it is because Armenia does not have many friends to pick from.

“Armenia has no gold, oil, gas or jewels to give to the U.S. But, instead, it has something more useful: a strategic position in the most critical – and potentially most dangerous – region in the world,” the expert concluded.