TURKEY AND AZERBAIJAN LOSE IN BATTLEFIELD, BUT RECOUP IN DIPLOMATIC ARENA, SAYS ANALYST

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16:03 ~U 14.01.10

The Turkish prime minister’s visit to Moscow and the Russian foreign
minister’s to Yerevan are connected, said political analyst Stepan
Grigoryan, while speaking to journalists today.

In Grigoryan’s opinion, those visits have only to do with the
Nagorno-Karabakh issue. "Turkey’s prime minister spoke only of
Karabakh in Moscow. Sergey Lavrov in Yerevan is speaking only of
the Karabakh issue," said the analyst, nothing that Turkey has a
good politico-historical memory. He emphasized that "during a time
of crisis, Turkey always resolved its issues in the South Caucasus
through Russia."

"Turkey and Azerbaijan always lost to the Armenians in the battlefield,
then resolved their matters in the diplomatic arena [that is to say,
they recover their losses]. But through whom? Through Russia," stated
Grigoryan, adding that currently an attempt is made to apply that
same mechanism.

In Grigoryan’s words, Turkey, who states that, much like Azerbaijan,
it can do many things for Russia, instead is requesting only one thing:
to pressure Armenia on the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh.

"I have great respect for Russia, but I want to warn [you], there is
no alternative for Russia to resolve its issues in the South Caucasus
using the Armenian people’s lands," emphasized Grigoryan, who also
appealed to Russia to resolve energy issues, based on the entirety
of its own territory.