The goal was to balance the military power drops at the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I as Russian (Tsarist) forces were pulling out of the Caucasus Campaign, even though they were replaced with what would be named as Democratic Republic of Armenian forces.
Tujuannya adalah untuk menyeimbangkan kekuatan militer di teater Timur Tengah pada Perang Dunia I saat pasukan Rusia (Tsaris) dipukul dari Kampanye Kaukasus, meskipun mereka diganti dengan apa yang disebut sebagai pasukan Republik Demokratik Armenia.