RUSSIA INTERESTED IN RA-TURKEY DIALOGUE ESTABLISHMENT

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
13.10.2009 18:30 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia and Turkey are currently assessing advantages
and disadvantages of bilateral ties’ normalization process, Natalia
Ulchenko , Professor of economics, Head of Turkish research department
at Oriental Studies Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences said at
Yerevan-Ankara-Moscow TV bridge on "New Geopolitical situation in the
East: Armenian-Turkish rapprochement, problems and realities". "It’s
obvious that Ankara, too, will benefit from rapprochement and border
opening, which will promote development of Eastern Anatolia Region,"
she noted.

According to Natalia Ulchenko, Turkey’s eastern region is the least
developed, so the rapprochement will open new perspectives at the
expense of the Armenian market.

"Turkey has repeatedly demonstrated its sound approach in disputable
situations. Normalization process can lead to positive developments
should Turkey support Yerevan with its positive attitude,’ the
Turkologist noted.

According to her, Russia is interested in RA-Turkey dialogue
establishment, as one leading both to economic development and
stabilization of situation in South Caucasus.