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    AZERBAIJANI EXPERT: U.S. POLICY ON TURKEY-ARMENIA NORMALIZATION HAS COMPLETELY FAILED

    Today.Az
    02 February 2010 [17:04]

    Azerbaijani political expert Vafa Guluzade says rapprochement between
    Armenia and Turkey, in fact, is impossible which has already happened.

    "Signing of the Zurich protocols was initiative by Washington and
    personally by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It was the U.S.

    attempt to win over Armenia to the sphere of influence of Washington,
    Ankara and NATO," the expert said.

    "At the same time Russia cannot back these agreements. But Moscow
    has not openly voiced its discontent. Demonstrations of Armenians
    against rapprochement with Turkey show that Armenia has not renounced
    its claims of recognition of the "Armenian genocide" in the Ottoman
    Empire by the world powers. Armenian Constitutional Court's adopting
    the Zurich protocols with reservations, which is contrary to legal
    norms of international law, are evidence of this."

    I think it was Moscow who ordered these actions by Armenia. So, I
    think that it is premature to talks about opening the Armenian-Turkish
    border and Armenia's falling into West's sphere of influence," the
    political expert said.

    He believes "Turkey can never recognize a country which has territorial
    claims to it. Therefore, Ankara's ratification of the Zurich protocols
    on mutual recognition of each other is impossible in this situation."

    "In addition to this, Azerbaijan made clear to Ankara that if
    rapprochement with Yerevan deepens, Turkey will lose Azerbaijan as
    an ally. All this makes the opening of border with Yerevan extremely
    unprofitable for Turkey. We can say that policy of the U.S., as
    well as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the Armenian-Turkish
    relations has completely failed," the political expert noted.

    "There is a corridor of E50, road and air links between Turkey and
    Armenia. But the rapprochement between Yerevan and Ankara is impossible
    which has already happened."

    As to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the expert said "Russia is
    constantly trying to come up with any new senseless documents which
    inhibit the process of resolving the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict,"
    he added.

    "Moscow's aim is to "pull" Azerbaijan to its side in all parameters,
    including both economic and political. But Baku insists firmly on
    his position and will make no changes in its foreign policy."

    "It became clear for all once again that Azerbaijan negotiates to solve
    the Karabakh conflict not with Yerevan, but Moscow, which dictates
    all actions to its dominion Armenia. Therefore, I believe that we can
    achieve solution to the Karabakh problem only when Russia's influence
    in our region will not be as great as now," he added.
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