AZERBAIJAN – TURKEY’S TROUBLE

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13:43:58 – 03/03/2010

The NA Member of Parliament, the famous member of the Social-democratic
Hnchakyan party Vardan Khachatryan, dwelling on the regional
developments, said that his main worry is the Turkish direction
with which it moves forward its demand to determine the Armenian and
Turkish process by the Karabakh issue.

Vardan Khachatryan says that he had the opportunity to exchange words
with the Speaker of the Turkish parliament who said that the Turkish
parliament can postpone the discussion of a question, including the
Armenian and Turkish protocols, appeared in the parliament by ten
months. Vardan Khachatryan noted that Turkey will probably choose the
version of protracting because sharp refusal does not stem from the
interests of that country because it needs 47 million of assistance
for several branches of the economy not to break down. Under such
conditions, according to Khachatryan, international pressure on Turkey
may be unbearable and Turkey will not refuse sharply for the tension
not to increase.

Vardan Khachatryan notes that the opinion of the experts that Turkey
is currently leading an "Ottoman policy" of evasion is true.

Vardan Khachatryan noted that Armenia does not have to enhance its
efforts in connection with the Karabakh issue because so it can take
the process closer to the Armenian and Turkish one which will enhance
the pressure on Armenia. Khachatryan said that maybe Azerbaijan is
good to make bellicose statements because the international society
does not perceive the force solution of the conflict.

The NA member also noted that Turkey cannot come out of the Azerbaijani
pressure because this country is the key of geopolitical significance
of Turkey. If this influence lacks, Turkey will not have a big
political value in the international sphere, thinks Vardan Khachatryan.