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    BAKU-JEYHAN AND THE GEOPOLITICAL INTERESTS (ANALYSIS)
    Armen Manvelyan

    12.05.2006 14:20
    "Radiolur" [ArmRadio]

    Mass media report that Turkish Prime Minister Rajab Tayib Erdoghan
    invited US President George Bush to participate in the official
    ceremony of opening Baku-Tbilisi-Jeyhan pipeline to be held July 13
    at Jeyhan port. The invitation was sent to the White House through
    US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

    The response of the American side is not known so far. It is noted,
    however, that Washington has promised "to participate in the ceremony
    on the highest possible level."

    It should be noted that still a year ago Baku-Jeyhan pipeline was
    officially opened. Then it was asserted that everything was ready and
    in autumn 2005 the first oil carrier loaded with Azeri oil would leave
    from the port of Jeyhan. Despite the fact that a year has passed from
    that day, Azeri oil has not even reached Jeyhan, which means that it is
    still early to expect entry of oil carriers to this Mediterranean port.

    It should be noted that the pipeline is of great political importance
    for the real owners of it, i.e. Americans, who constructed it
    proceeding primarily from political considerations. In this regard,
    it is important just for the foreign policy of Armenia to correctly
    comprehend and evaluate the political value of the program. We should
    note that both underestimation and overestimation of the project are
    equally dangerous, since it can result in incorrect understanding
    of the political developments in the region and the struggle between
    the heavy powers around these. Speaking about the politicization of
    Baku-Jeyhan, we should first of all understand that the White House
    is interested in the pipeline primarily as an alternative route for
    exporting oil from the Caspian region, which will allow Washington
    to reduce the so-called pipeline dependency on Russia. That is to say
    that directing the oil flows to Baku-Jeyhan from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan
    and later from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the US attains not only
    economic, but also complete political control over these countries.

    >>From the geopolitical perspective Central Asia is of strategic
    importance for official Washington, and Baku-Jeyhan is the means
    through which the US can subject the countries of the region to its
    interests. It should be noted that this region has nothing to offer
    to the world except for oil and gas, therefore domination over this
    branch means control over these countries. Hence, the United States
    conceives Baku-Jeyhan as the most essential factor in the gradually
    strengthening struggle between the US, Russia and China. What is
    the most attractive for the United States in Central Asian region
    is its geopolitical location. It's not a secret that the region
    neighbors four possible rivals of the US, i.e. China, India, Russia and
    Iran. Therefore, considering these countries as possible competitors,
    number one superpower of the world aspires to exert control over
    a region, from where it can threat its potential enemies. In this
    geopolitical game the South Caucasus and the Baku-Jeyhan pipeline
    are mere links to help the US make its control more complete.
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