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    news.az, Azerbaijan
    Jan 7 2010


    Moscow would like Turkey to become its true ally, Russian analyst
    Thu 07 January 2010 | 12:42 GMT Text size:


    Sergey Mikheev "The Karabakh issue will be among the top priority
    issues at the upcoming meeting of Erdogan and Putin.

    Ankara and Moscow have recently boosted economic interaction and, I
    think, the economic issues will become the main issue of these
    negotiations", said Sergey Mikheev, vice president of the Center of
    Political Technologies.

    Even if the Karabakh issue is discussed at these negotiations, I do
    not see a serious breakthrough in this issue, he said.

    "Neither Moscow nor Ankara are able to influence the conflict parties,
    they should find the solution themselves. The practice of such
    conflicts shows that external prescriptions are not always a good way
    to settle such conflicts. Moreover, neither Moscow nor Ankara should
    touch this wound that may start bleeding again. Therefore, nothing
    should change", Mikheev considers.

    As for the fact that Baku is resented over the status quo on Karabakh,
    the political scientist said Azerbaijan's positions are clear to him
    and, certainly, there is no guarantee that this conflict will not
    become uncontrolled one day.

    "But if this happens, the whole region will face a disaster which will
    not be favorable either for Azerbaijan or Armenia and the region. The
    only thing that may reduce tensions in the region is an agreement
    about release of a part of the occupied lands of Azerbaijan around
    Nagorno Karabakh. Otherwise, this nervous situation will continue".

    As for the creation of a strategic alliance between Ankara and Moscow
    the political scientist said he does not believe in it.

    "Certainly, Moscow wants Turkey to be its true ally but the question
    is whether Ankara will take this step. It is a NATO member, one of the
    closest allies of the United States in the region, therefore, Ankara
    will hardly change its ally relations with Washington for the
    relations with Moscow. Americans are not so stupid to accept the
    strategic alliance between Turkey and Russia that may end US reign
    from Balkans, Middle East, Caucasus and to Middle Asia. Therefore,
    the United States will do everything possible and will use all
    conflicts including Karabakh conflict to avert creation of such a
    union. Therefore, such conflicts as Karabakh are difficult to settle.
    This is the main problem. Therefore, I am now pessimistic about the
    soonest settlement of this issue", Mikheev said.

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