“My admiration goes to the current Georgian government for its common sense and pragmatism. My very deep skepticism is regarding Azerbaijan and the Armenian government right now for playing games, or maybe even that is not quite right by being used by the United States and Europe for geopolitical purposes which do not suit the interests of Azerbaijan and Armenia,” said economist and public policy analyst, Columbia University professor, Jeffrey Sachs in an interview with Pascal Lottaz of Neutrality Studies and Lasha Kasradze, an international relations analyst specializing in the South Caucasus.

In an interview on “Destabilizing Operation In The Caucasus and Vassalization Of Europe,” Jeffrey Sachs went on to say that “This is what I really am warning against, just to be clear, which is that it is the long standing practice of the CIA to meddle around Russia’s periphery and now also around Iran’s periphery. And that is what is happening right now. And that’s extremely dangerous.”

“The West, so called, comes and sings a fairy tale to countries like it did to Ukraine. Actually, to be more precise, it overthrew a government in Ukraine so that it could sing its fairy tales to a regime that it installed in February 2014. But the point is that it comes and sings a fairy tale, “We will save you.”

And what I’m saying to friends in the South Caucasus, look at a map, the United States could care less about the South Caucasus. It’s playing games. Be careful.

Brussels, which is completely incompetent and unable to do anything useful, I’m sorry to say because I was a big fan of the European Union at one point. But the European Union does not belong in the South Caucasus. It’s not even Europe. The ridgeline of the great Caucasus Mountains is the ridgeline of Europe and Asia.

So just be careful not to be played. Pay attention to your neighbors. Your neighbors are Russia, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, other neighbors. That’s what’s important for you. Don’t believe that the United States, especially under Donald Trump, is going to in some way save you from your neighbors. Come on. Are you kidding? They will get you into deep trouble,” Professor Sachs stated.

Speaking of then-President Mikheil Saakashvili, Sachs noted that “Saakashvili was a puppet of the United States. He was on the payroll of George Soros. He was absolutely a US puppet. Let’s put it that way. And so I went to the talk. I thought the guy was insane, frankly.”

“He gave a talk at the Council on Foreign Relations. “Georgia is in the middle of Europe. Georgia is a core member will be a core member of NATO. Georgia, this Georgia, that, and Europe.” And I walked out, and, of course, the audience in the United States of New York applauded. “Yes. We love you. We love you.”

And I walked out and I called my wife and I said, “This guy is crazy. He’s going to lose his country.” This was craziness. And a few weeks later came the war. You know, it’s so obvious. Don’t be played. Don’t be owned by the US money.

Don’t be owned by US NGOs, so-called, which are not quite NGOs. They are GOs. They are government organizations. Come on. I know it, by the way. I’ve watched this for forty years. These are GOs.

And that’s why when Georgia tried to say, “No, you have to register as a or at least tell us who’s funding you.” Who got so upset? The funders. “You’re going to expose us. You’re going to prove that these are GOs. This is money coming from Washington.” This is a game. Don’t get caught in the game anymore, please.

I love the South Caucasus. What a beautiful region. What great history. What great culture. What wondrous sites. By the way, phenomenal tourism, food, everything. But don’t get caught in a game which is going to make you Ukraine. That’s simple,” Sachs added.