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WESTERN MEDIA ABOUT PUTIN'S VISIT TO BAKU: FAILURE OF ENERGY DEAL AND SUCCESS IN MILITARY COOPERATION
16:00 14/08/2013 " REGION
During the rare visit of the Russian President Vladimir Putin to
Baku no concrete deal on energy, which could challenge the Western
energy companies dominating in post-Soviet republics, was reached,
writes the Reuters.
"Russia has long tried to increase its presence in Azerbaijan,
a country Europe is hoping to lessen its dependence on Russian gas
with," writes the agency.
However, according to the agency, the head of "Rosneft" Igor Sechin
has signed a rather vague agreement with SOCAR in Azerbaijan. An
anonymous source in the energy sector of Russia told the Reuters
that Azerbaijan has requested such a high price for its assets that
"Rosneft" is not intended to pay it. The source in SOCAR also noted
that there are big plans to resolve the disagreements.
"Western oil majors like BP, "Statoil" and "Exxon Mobil" have
dominated the Azeri oil industry since the collapse of the Soviet
Union while relations between Moscow and Baku have been mostly cool,"
the Reuters writes.
"Blomberg" agency touched upon the military cooperation between
Russia and Azerbaijan. According to the agency, Azerbaijan, having
a territorial conflict with neighboring Armenia, claimed that the
military cooperation with Russia is estimated at $4 billion. "It was
the first time Azerbaijan disclosed the price of its arms deals,"
states the article.
"Azerbaijan has increased military spending by almost 30 times to
$3.7 billion in the past decade and repeatedly threatened to use
force to regain control of the territory (Nagorno Karabakh - ed.),
in case peace talks fail. A failure of talks would risk renewed war
in a region where BP and partners have invested more than $35 billion
in energy projects since 1994," writes the Bloomberg.
During his visit to Baku Vladimir Putin encouraged to find a political
solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, writes "Europe Online"
magazine. "More than 20 years of negotiations under the auspices
of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe were
fruitless. Moscow has traditionally backed Armenia, which lacks
Azerbaijan's resources and is a close partner of Iran. But this summer,
Russia has started delivery of a billion-dollar arms package, including
tanks and rocket launchers, to Azerbaijan," writes the source.
According to the magazine Russian experts think that Kremlin tries
to keep the balance of forces in a strategically important region.
"Aliyev, who took over the presidency after his father Heydar Aliyev
died in 2003, is criticized in the West for his authoritarian style
of government," writes the Europe Online.
Source: Panorama.am
16:00 14/08/2013 " REGION
During the rare visit of the Russian President Vladimir Putin to
Baku no concrete deal on energy, which could challenge the Western
energy companies dominating in post-Soviet republics, was reached,
writes the Reuters.
"Russia has long tried to increase its presence in Azerbaijan,
a country Europe is hoping to lessen its dependence on Russian gas
with," writes the agency.
However, according to the agency, the head of "Rosneft" Igor Sechin
has signed a rather vague agreement with SOCAR in Azerbaijan. An
anonymous source in the energy sector of Russia told the Reuters
that Azerbaijan has requested such a high price for its assets that
"Rosneft" is not intended to pay it. The source in SOCAR also noted
that there are big plans to resolve the disagreements.
"Western oil majors like BP, "Statoil" and "Exxon Mobil" have
dominated the Azeri oil industry since the collapse of the Soviet
Union while relations between Moscow and Baku have been mostly cool,"
the Reuters writes.
"Blomberg" agency touched upon the military cooperation between
Russia and Azerbaijan. According to the agency, Azerbaijan, having
a territorial conflict with neighboring Armenia, claimed that the
military cooperation with Russia is estimated at $4 billion. "It was
the first time Azerbaijan disclosed the price of its arms deals,"
states the article.
"Azerbaijan has increased military spending by almost 30 times to
$3.7 billion in the past decade and repeatedly threatened to use
force to regain control of the territory (Nagorno Karabakh - ed.),
in case peace talks fail. A failure of talks would risk renewed war
in a region where BP and partners have invested more than $35 billion
in energy projects since 1994," writes the Bloomberg.
During his visit to Baku Vladimir Putin encouraged to find a political
solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, writes "Europe Online"
magazine. "More than 20 years of negotiations under the auspices
of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe were
fruitless. Moscow has traditionally backed Armenia, which lacks
Azerbaijan's resources and is a close partner of Iran. But this summer,
Russia has started delivery of a billion-dollar arms package, including
tanks and rocket launchers, to Azerbaijan," writes the source.
According to the magazine Russian experts think that Kremlin tries
to keep the balance of forces in a strategically important region.
"Aliyev, who took over the presidency after his father Heydar Aliyev
died in 2003, is criticized in the West for his authoritarian style
of government," writes the Europe Online.
Source: Panorama.am