TURKEY WANTS TO EXPAND INFLUENCE THROUGHOUT CAUCASUS

PanARMENIAN.Net
23.09.2008 16:43 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ After the Georgian conflict, each Caucasus country
will seek to expand influence in the region, a Russian expert said.

"Russia, Turkey and Iran have activated. But their goals are different,
of course. Turley proceeds from historic, political and economic
interests. Iran’s task is more complicated. It has to prove its being
a full-fledged member of the international community," Alexander
Sotnichenko, senior lecturer at St. Petersburg State University,
told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

Turkey needs normal relations with Armenia, specifically for
transportation of energy resources, according to him. "I have
numerously repeated that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project is extremely
expensive and inconvenient. Thus, Turkey will benefit if it goes
through Armenia," he said, adding that Russia must not abandon
the region.
From: Baghdasarian