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    TERROR ATTACKS ARE AMONG EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS, APPLIED BY RUSSIA AND ITS "ALLIES"

    Today.Az
    http://www.today.az/n ews/politics/50437.html
    Feb 2 2009
    Azerbaijan

    Nabucco is a project, uniting interests of a number of European states
    and being an alternative to the Russian monopoly on gas supplies,
    said Alexander Rusetski, head of the South Caucasus Regional Security
    Institute.

    He noted that it is a fight for the Central Asian reserves and the
    intention to provide the European economy with them.

    "This is a competition with China and India. In this view, despite
    serious problems, the Budapest summit played an important tactical role
    in getting ties between the European countries closer and definite
    steps to promote the project have, in fact, been fixed for the whole
    year of 2009", noted Rusetski.

    Speaking about any political or economic levers of pressure, Russia
    has to resist this project, he mentioned the South and North flows.

    "On the whole, this is an energy trap for the entire Central and
    Eastern Europe. The European macroregion is already in this trap. The
    energy dependence breeds political one, which scares the elites of
    these states.

    Russia also has other technologies of influence, including direct
    aggression, occupation of the areas of neighbor states and August
    events of 2008 prove what it is ready to do.

    The August war started not in Georgia but in Turkey and the main
    incident of this international armed conflict was a blast at the BTC
    pipeline on the night of August 6, for which the Kurdish workers party
    has taken the responsibility. Thus, the terror attacks are among the
    most effective mechanisms, applied by Russia and its "allies".

    The constructive resolution of this problem is possible in case talks
    are initiated on the high level. This level must envision principally
    new doctrine of the negotiation process. It can be presented as
    follows in brief - "not diversification against monopolization,
    and internationalization of energy geostrategical objects", said he.

    As for the role of Turkey in stabilization of the situation in the
    Caucasus, he said these are initiatives aimed at the security of
    Turkey itseld.

    "This country faced serious challenges in 2009. I want to repeat once
    again that August 2008 started after the BTC blast in Turkey. The
    incident was hugger-muggered as it was favorable for everyone".

    According to the head of the institute, Turkey as Russia is the
    South Caucasus state. The north-eastern regions of Turkey are
    Caucasus. Therefore, he said, this country should take an open part in
    all the peacekeeping processes in the Caucasus. It has been striving
    for this opportunity for many years.

    "On the other hand, it is clear that the Karabakh conflict is a part
    of the Armenian-Turkish problem and the result of driving Armenians
    out from their historical southern lands to the north. Therefore,
    this problem cannot be settled without the full participation of
    Turkey. This country is a conflict party and its non-participation
    makes peacekeeping processes in the Caucasus incomplete.

    Asked whether he believes in the soonest resolution of the Karabakh
    conflict, considering the fact that Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders
    recognized the meeting in Switzerland as productive, Rusetski noted:
    "The Karabakh conflict has created a new stage of international
    relations and we can hardly take pride in it. It will not be settled
    until the smeary game on division of powers in the South Caucasus is
    not completed between the big geopolitical actors and their poppet
    ethnocratic regimes. The latter will disappear only in case basis of
    pluralistic democracy are created instead of the majority democracy
    in Azerbaijan and Georgia".

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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