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    RUBEN SAFRASTYAN: 'THE ARMENIAN NATION DOES NOT WANT TO COME UNDER THE OTTOMAN INFLUENCE'

    ARMENPRESS
    JANUARY 18, 2011
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, ARMENPRESS: Turkey tends to strengthen its
    position in the region by using the neo-Ottoman ideology, according
    to Ruben Safrastyan, Turkologist, director of the RA NAS institute of
    Oriental studies. He added that the expansion of the influence on Near
    East is based on Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoghlu's thesis of
    'strategic depth'.

    According to Ruben Safrastyan, '0 problem with neighbors' policy,
    according to which Turkey will tend to lead a hegemonic policy towards
    its neighbors - mainly the countries, which were occupied by the
    Ottoman Turkey in the past - reflects this policy. 'These ideas come
    from the neo-Ottomanism and they were to ensure the strategic depth
    for Turkey,' he said.

    The Turkologist says in his speech in Cyprus the RA President gave
    quite serious and fundamental assessments to the neo-Ottoman ideology.

    The RA President described the Ottoman Empire as a country, which
    brought no any good to its subjects, that is why this concept does
    not have any prospect,' Ruben Safrastyan mentioned. He added that
    the Armenian nation does not want to come under the Ottoman influence.

    Speaking on the attitude of the superpowers towards Ottomanism, the
    Turkologist mentioned that the attitude of US and EU is negative. He
    added that Russia and Turkey have 'a geopolitical ceasefire'. 'However
    this does not mean that the traditional geopolitical competition
    between Turkey and Russia is over,' he said.




    From: A. Papazian
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