ALIYEV’S BELLICOSE STATEMENTS INTENTIONALLY EMPHASIZES TURKEY’S PEACEMAKING ATTITUDE, SAYS ANALYST

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22:57 ~U 25.11.09

If we take into consideration European audiences, Aliyev’s bellicose
attitude is connected to underlining Turkey’s peacemaking attitude,
said political analyst Alexander Manasyan, while speaking to
journalists today.

"There is a distribution of roles where, on the background of
Azerbaijan’s threats, Turkey must with certain steps present itself
as a worthy candidate for the European family," he said.

Manasyan didn’t exclude the likelihood that Baku may have sent a
letter to the Turkish forces, who are against the rapprochement with
Armenia, so that the latter complicates the ratification process of
the Armenia-Turkey Protocols, sell it to Europe and the international
community at a more expensive price, so that it is possible to get
concessions particularly in the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh.

According to the analyst, Turkey will delay the ratification process
till April 2010, pursuing an aim to prevent recognition of the
Armenian Genocide by the US. "Besides, Turkey will ‘calm’ Azerbaijan
by presenting itself as an important player in the Nagorno-Karabakh
settlement process," concluded Manasyan.