AZERBAIJAN HAS DECISIVE ROLE IN SOUTH CAUCASUS

The Messenger
Dec 2 2008
Georgia

Ex-Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Tigran Torosian thinks that
Azerbaijan is the decisive economic and political force in the South
Caucasus at present.

Torosian thinks that different countries are trying to further their
own interests in the region. According to him Armenian politics is
clearly pro-Russian, whereas Georgia tends to lean to the West. So
the decisive role belongs to Azerbaijan. It will have to determine
which direction predominates in the region as a whole.

The ex-Speaker considers that there is so far no breakthrough
in Armenian-Turkish relations. Ankara has not withdrawn its
preconditions. The ex-Speaker suggests that the most important element
of the talks aimed at improving relations is not the process itself
but results it can achieve. So far however there have been no results
and the only target is to talk more.