AZERBAIJANI POLITICAL EXPERT: IF WE HAD NO OIL AND GAS, NOBODY WILL LISTEN TO US IN KARABAKH ISSUE

arminfo
2008-01-23 12:23:00

ArmInfo. If we had no oil and gas, nobody will listen to us in Karabakh
issue, a political expert Rasim Musabekov said during a "Round Table"
dedicated to the problems of energy security of the Caucasus, the
News-Azerbaijan Agency reports.

"For example, about 200,000 people died in Tajikistan in early 1990s
during the Civil War, however, none of the world community paid
attention to that, since Tajikistan is far from the important energy
communications, while our situation fundamentally differs. Three
leading world players: representatives of Russia, USA and the
European Union are co-chairs in the Karabakh conflict settlement
issue. Therefore, the energy problem plays such an important role in
Azerbaijan’s policy", Musabekov said. He thinks that each party, either
Azerbaijan or Europe, sees the energy security problems in its own
way. "For example, Europe sees solution of these problems in starting
an economic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Armenia. However,
we have not to listen to the Europeans in all things. We have to
continue the previous policy of economic pressure with respect to
Armenia", the political expert said. As for the energy security
problems, he is sure that these are rather geopolitical than energy
problems. "Apparently, the growth in prices for oil and oil products
did not cause a world crisis and tragedy. All the countries, even
such poor ones as Georgia and Armenia, find opportunities to buy the
energy carriers", Musabekov resumed.