SERZH SARKISIAN: "TURKEY-GEORGIA-AZERBAIJAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION IS TURNING INTO A MILITARY ALLIANCE"

Azeri Press Agency
March 13 2008
Azerbaijan

Yerevan-APA. "Armenia should regulate the relations with its neighbors,
first of all with Turkey" Armenia’s president-elect Serzh Sarkisian
said while meeting students, APA reports quoting "Novosti-Armenia".

According to him, Turkey-Georgia-Azerbaijan economic cooperation is
turning into a military alliance. However, Sarkisian does not consider
that Armenia is aside from the regional projects.

"I do not regard it as a lost chance that Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline
bypasses Armenia. We were offered to recognize Nagorno Karabakh as
Azerbaijan’s territory in exchange for Baku-Ceyhan pipeline’s passing
through Armenia, and we did not agree to the suggestion," he said.

Serzh Sarkisian did not agree to the statements that Armenia lost as
the construction of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project commenced.

"On the contrary, a lot of Armenians visit Turkey through Georgia and
the construction of the railway will facilitate the establishment of
these relations. It should not be made into tragedy," he said.

Serzh Sarkisian underlined that Baku-Tbilisi-Kars project targets at
greater states (means Russia), not Armenia.