BTC IS GUARANTEE OF PEACE BUT NOT OBLIGATION ON AZERBAIJAN TO RESOLVE
KARABAKH CONFLICT BY PEACE
Yerevan, June 17. ArmInfo. The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline is
a guarantee of peace but it is not an obligation on Azerbaijan to
resolve the Karabakh conflict only by peace, Azeri Ambassador to
Turkey Zahir Hashimov says in a interview to Trend.
On the contrary, it obliges and forces Armenia to resolve the
Karabakh conflict by peace. BTC is a lever of economic pressure on
Armenia. "Now the Armenians who do not want peace and welfare in the
region and refuse to give back occupied territories will realize what
mistake they have made when they see the profits we will get from
this project. They will understand that by refusing to take part in
such projects they only lose," says Hashimov.
Asked about the prospects of Amenian-Turkish relations, Hashimov says
that he does not think that Turkey will change its position.