TURKEY ‘NOT TO REJECT’ MILITARY COOPERATION WITH US

news.az
March 11 2010
Azerbaijan

Sergey Mikheev ‘I doubt that Turkey can afford complete disavowal of
the military cooperation with the United States.

I do not believe in the ability of Turkey to take really drastic
steps over the resolution’, said vice-president of Russia’s Center
for Political Technologies, Sergey Mikheev.

‘The Committee voted for. The results of voting of the general
composition of the Congress are unclear. Frankly speaking, I do not
believe in the ability of Turkey to take really drastic steps over
the resolution. Of course, much will depend on the reaction of the
Turkish society, but I guess that in the end Ankara will approach
this problem pragmatically and the whole anger will be just limited
with articles in media, rallies, protests and so on. Turks are most
likely not to take really serious steps aimed at the real worsening
of relations with the United States.

I doubt that Turkey can afford complete disavowal of the military
cooperation with the United States. The closure of the base also
seems unlikely. Some individual, one-time demarches are possible,
but in general any radical changes are unlikely. Although the threat
are likely to continue’.

As for the prospects for the normalization of Armenian-Turkish
relations at a time when Armenians call on Turkey to normalize
relations with Yerevan, and are simultaneously trying to push the
issue of so-called "Genocide," Mikheyev said the following:

‘This step can really affect only the Armenian-Turkish relations. The
Armenian diaspora in the United States is really quite active.

However, today the Turkish Foreign Ministry has already issued a
statement that this fact should not affect the relations with Armenia’.