INTERESTS OF TURKEY MORE AKIN TO ARMENIA THAN AZERBAIJAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
01.09.2009 17:45 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The interests of Turkey are more akin to Armenia
than Azerbaijan in a number of issues, Stepan Grigoryan , head of
the Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation told
a press conference in Yerevan today.
According to him, "Turkey is interested in opening the Armenian-Turkish
border, because after the August war Georgia has ceased to be
a reliable transit country. Ankara understands that its projects
associated with Georgia, cannot succeed, and it chooses the alternative
way – Armenia, " – the Armenian expert said.
According to him, over the last 5 years, Turkey has seriously changed
its policy and showed that their future is connected to the South
Caucasus.
According to Stepan Grigoryan, since last year Armenia declared its
readiness to normalize relations with Turkey without preconditions. "We
say this because he felt that Turkey was also ready to establish
relations. It turned out that we were right and objective reasons
existed and exist today for the Armenian-Turkish reconciliation:
the desire of Turkey to join EU, become a regional player, increase
international interest in the region, U.S. pressure on Ankara,
" the expert said.