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Dec 26 2009
Turkey plays geopolitical game with EU: Expert
14:37 / 12/26/2009Reconciliation with Armenia is a part of
geopolitical game that Turkey plays with West on the whole and EU in
particular, Azerbaijani political expert Arif Yunus told 1news.az.
According to him, the Armenia-Turkey relations' normalization has not
failed yet `but each side wants to make the most of the process.'
`This is a real geopolitical game. We should not think that Turkey is
utterly concerned over Karabakh conflict settlement or protection of
Azerbaijani interests,' Yunus said.
The expert considers that the protests of Azerbaijan and local
opposition are advantageous to Turkey, as it enables Ankara to state
about significance of Protocols' ratification and protract the
process, `Turkey will protract the ratification till it tears the guts
out of the process. It is Ankara's tactics.'
Yunus ruled out the possibility of U.S. pressure on Turkey in the
ratification process. `One should not expect early breakthrough in
Armenia-Turkey relations till Ankara makes profit of this process,'
the expert concluded.
A.G.
Dec 26 2009
Turkey plays geopolitical game with EU: Expert
14:37 / 12/26/2009Reconciliation with Armenia is a part of
geopolitical game that Turkey plays with West on the whole and EU in
particular, Azerbaijani political expert Arif Yunus told 1news.az.
According to him, the Armenia-Turkey relations' normalization has not
failed yet `but each side wants to make the most of the process.'
`This is a real geopolitical game. We should not think that Turkey is
utterly concerned over Karabakh conflict settlement or protection of
Azerbaijani interests,' Yunus said.
The expert considers that the protests of Azerbaijan and local
opposition are advantageous to Turkey, as it enables Ankara to state
about significance of Protocols' ratification and protract the
process, `Turkey will protract the ratification till it tears the guts
out of the process. It is Ankara's tactics.'
Yunus ruled out the possibility of U.S. pressure on Turkey in the
ratification process. `One should not expect early breakthrough in
Armenia-Turkey relations till Ankara makes profit of this process,'
the expert concluded.
A.G.