Trend, Azerbaijan
Dec 29 2009

Internal crisis in Turkey to influence further steps of country’s
leadership: head of Center for Strategic Studies under President of
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Baku, December 29 / Trend News, U.Sadikhova /

The domestic political situation in Turkey, which more remembers
political crisis, will further influence the development of the
situation around the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations, said
the head of the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of
Azerbaijan Elkhan Nuriyev.

"Turkey is found between two fires and is experiencing serious
internal political crisis. This prevents coordinating actions and
deciding how to move, what to do and in what direction to go, given
the geopolitics of Azerbaijan and its increasing role in the regional
arena," Nuriyev briefed the media on Dec. 29, evaluating the results
of the Center’s activities in 2009.

Nureyev was optimistic about the future of the Azerbaijani-Turkish
relations, noting that domestic political factors in Turkey will exert
its influence and the steps taken by the political leadership of
Turkey will play an important role.

Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward
Nalbandian signed the Ankara-Yerevan protocols in Zurich on Oct. 10.

"Turkey’s political establishment is undergoing strong political
crisis that Turkey has already experienced, Nuriyev said. It will take
time for Turkey to decide what the Turks or Turkey want at this stage.
I think that the situation will become clearer by spring."

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress