AZERBAIJAN’S MILITARY DOCTRINE TO MAKE NO MENTION OF TURKEY?
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.10.2008 19:18 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ As of today, resumption of hostilities by Azerbaijan
is ruled out, according to an Armenian political scientist.
"The Azeri warlike rhetoric stopped abruptly, mostly due to Georgia’s
failure to implement the scenario of Srpska Krajina in the South
Caucasus. The attempt to ‘unfreeze’ Nagorno Karabakh was foiled and
I want to thank Saakashvili for it," Alexander Iskandaryan, director
of Caucasus Institute said during a round table discussion today.
"I would like to mention that Azerbaijan developed a military doctrine
which envisaged implementation of a defense policy jointly with
Turkey. But this doctrine wasn’t passed. Some sources say that Turkey
will not be mentioned in the Azeri military doctrine at all," he said.
"Baku feels extremely awkward in the light of developing Turkey-Russia
relationship. Besides, much depends on Yerevan-Ankara interaction and
internal processes in Turkey. So, I can conclude that resumption of
Baku’s bellicose rhetoric depends on two factors: Armenia’s foreign
policy and Turkey’s domestic affairs," Mr. Iskandaryan said.