AZERBAIJAN’S ‘EXPRESS’ SAYS NAGORNO-KARABAKH MORE ESSENTIAL FOR RUSSIA THAN RELATIONS WITH TURKEY

Panorama.am
18:55 15/01/2010

Commenting on the Russian-Turkish talks, the Azerbaijani "Express"
periodical calls special attention to Russian FM Sergey Lavrov’s
statements. According to the source, Sergey Lavrov announced
Nagorno-Karabakh to be more essential for Russia than the relations
with Turkey.

It’s been several days since the Azerbaijani mass media have focused
attention on Turkey’s PM Erdogan’s visit to Moscow, as well as
Russian FM Lavrov’s visit to Yerevan. The first unpleasant piece of
information for Baku came to be Russia’s PM Putin’s statement at a
joint press conference with Erdogan over Nagorno-Karabakh settlement
process should not be linked with the Armenian-Turkish normalization.

A day later, FM Lavrov made the same statement in Yerevan.

As a matter of fact, today a number of Azerbaijani politicians have
addressed statements, where they expressed their concern over the
Russian disposition. Some Azerbaijani experts said the statements of
such officials marked the failure of Azerbaijan’s foreign policy.