news.az, Azerbaijan
Jan 15 2010

Moscow’s policy to turn anti-Armenia if Turkish-Russian rapprochement continues
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Rasim Aghayev Turkey is currently facing important tasks that distract
it from fulfilling ally obligations before Azerbaijan, political
scientist said.

Moscow’s position that insists on impossibility to bind the Karabakh
and Armenian-Turkish issues shows the obsoleteness and ineffectiveness
of the balance in the foreign policy observed by Azerbaijan many
years. Political scientist Rasim Aghayev proposed to disavow this
policy that did not give any effect in the resolution of the Karabakh
conflict.

The foreign policy course of balancing between the interests of Russia
and the West has become obsolete due to the new realities that emerged
in the world. The Azerbaijani policy is growing ineffective due to the
global economic crisis, deepening of Islamic anti-Americanism and
Turkey’s transformation into a big regional superpower with its
independent course, Aghayev considers.

He said Turkey is currently facing important tasks that distract it
from fulfilling ally obligations before Azerbaijan. This is a Kurdish
issue, the Armenian problem and Turkey’s intention to become the full
member of EU.

`The power and influence of Turkey was demonstrated during its
diplomatic conflict with Israel that ended in Tel-Aviv’s apologizing.
Turkey’s influence is growing and if the Turkish-Russian rapprochement
continues we will see Moscow’s policy turning into anti-Armenian. In
these new conditions Baku should propose its own foreign policy
initiative like `a roadmap’. If we use old things, we will lose’,
Aghayev concluded.

Novosti Azerbaijan