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    ZARDUSHT ALIZADE: "IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR US TO FIND A COMPROMISE WITH THE ARMENIAN SOCIETY WHICH IS FRIENDLY TO TURKEY, BUT NOT THE ARMENIAN SOCIETY, WHICH DEPENDS ON RUSSIA"

    Today.Az
    09 September 2008 [14:10]

    "In the early 1990s Turkey was greatly interested in Azerbaijan and
    started to support our country strategically. Yet Azerbaijan turned out
    to be not quite a good partners. Turks began to train our servicemen,
    supply ammunitions and weapons here, but, in the end, they saw that
    Azerbaijan does not take due interest in the Karabakh issue", said
    famous political scientist Zardusht Alizade, speaking of the recent
    visit of Turkish President Abdullah Gul to Armenia.

    According to him, Turkey maintains good neighbor relations with Syria,
    Iraq, Iran, Georgia, Russia - with everyone except for Armenia.

    "The security of any country is measured with its relations with
    neighbors.

    In these conditions a government should set a dialogue and improve
    relations. In this sense, Turkey has done much: without having
    diplomatic relations with Armenia, it allowed Armenian citizens to
    come to Turkey for earning a living, thus making a part of Armenian
    society economically dependent on itself, like Russia did it with
    Azerbaijanis".

    He said Ankara started to encourage development of Armenian-Turkish
    business relations and today some Armenians even voice statements that
    Turks are not enemies but neighbors and a gate to Europe. According
    to him, these voices are so far weaker on the background of those
    supporting relations with Russia, however, the struggle started, there
    is a split in the Armenian society and Turkey takes an advantage of it.

    "Therefore, I think Gul's visit to Yerevan is a wise and brave step on
    the way of intensive dialogue. It reminds me of a ping-pong diplomacy
    between the US and China in the 1970s and "fighter diplomacy" when
    Iranian fighters went to the United States and US ones to Iran.

    I think Gul has taken a positive step, which will promote improvement
    of relations between Armenia and Turkey and raise security and mutual
    understanding level in the region".

    He said Gul's visit to Armenia will improve relations between Armenia
    and Turkey, Armenian economy will be bound to Turkish, Armenian society
    will start orienting on Turkey, thus reducing tensions between these
    two countries. "In these conditions, it will be easier for us to find a
    compromise with the Armenian society which is friendly to Turkey, but
    not the Armenian society, which depends on Russia, though there are a
    number of factors, including a military base used to control Armenian
    society and army, Armenian national myth of enmity towards Turks,
    Karabakh army around Yerevan, which controls Armenian opposition,
    Armenian politicians speaking for the union with Russia, including
    Levon Ter-Petrosyan, and Baku Saakyan, who controls Serzh and Robert
    and ensures Russia's control over Armenia".

    According to the political scientist, Turkey has already started to
    change its policy, using the potential of peace, economy, cooperation
    and Azerbaijan should also change its approaches, as our country's
    current policy in this direction is completely ineffective.

    Nevertheless, he thinks that initiative of the platform of cooperation
    and security is senseless, as the regional countries look in different
    directions.
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