The situation in the South Caucasus region is not explosive at the moment, especially after Turkey's earthquake, Russian political analyst Mikhail Aleksandrov told NEWS.am.

He noted that Turkey's attention is now focused on the elimination of the consequences of the natural disaster.

"In the light of that, I do not expect any expansionist actions from Turkey, at least in the next six months, and maybe longer. Azerbaijan will not risk aggravating the situation.

Now they will wait, because it will be difficult for them to cope alone. So they will have to wait. Moreover, the EU mission is here. That is a restraining factor, so I do not think that there will be serious aggravations," the political analyst added.

The only point of tension, according to his assessment, will remain the Lachin corridor. "I don't know what the Russian side is going to do about it. They are pretending that nothing terrible is happening. Who should unblock the corridor - it is not said. And there are no demands for Azerbaijan to unblock it," Aleksandrov stressed.

A strong magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred on February 6 in the southeast of Turkey. More than two dozen thousand people in Turkey and Syria became victims of the natural disaster.

Earlier, at the end of January, the EU approved the deployment of a new observation mission to Armenia, which will be deployed from February 20 this year. The mission will consist of 100 experts and observers.  This is the second EU mission. The first observers were sent by the EU after Azerbaijan's September aggression against Armenia.

Aram Danielyan