PEACEMAKING EFFORTS OF TURKEY IN THE CAUCASUS ARE INTENDED SOLELY FOR THE EXTERNAL EFFECT

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
01.06.2009 19:22 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "I view peacemaking efforts of Turkey in the Caucasus
as a step intended solely for the external effect rather than for
attaining real results, a diplomatic move, pursuing multiple goals,"
Lev Spivak, director of "JC Public Relations Research" institute
stated.

"First, in response to the continuing unwillingness of the EU to
open doors to Turkey to join the European community, Ankara thus is
thus demonstrating itself as a leading player in the region. Second,
Turkey is thus demonstrating its interest in meeting the interests of
its new regional friends. And third, the very fact of the peacekeeping
efforts of Turkey is an additional lever of pressure on Azerbaijan."

"In this situation, it would be timely to ask three
questions. First: whether Turkey is interested in solving the
Azerbaijan-Armenian conflict? Second: whether Turkey is able to
settle the Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict, considering the polarity
of the positions of the parties in the issue over the future of
Nagorno-Karabakh? And the third question: whether the United States,
Russia, the OSCE or Iran are ready to hand over the mandate of a
major peacemaker to Turkey on a goodwill basis?" Day.az cited Spivak
as saying.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress