A.SHAKARYAN: "NAKHIJEVAN IS FACTUALLY A TURKISH REGION"

Aysor
May 3 2010
Armenia

"The de-facto entrance of the Turkish people into Nakhijevan is now
being affirmed de-jure," Turkologist Artak Shakaryan thinks.

"During the last 10 years Nakhijevan has become the economic adjunct
of the Turkey, Nakhijevan is factually a Turkish region, as more than
90% of the economy of that region is fed by the Turkish economy. 90%
of transportation is being done through Turkey too, more than 90%
of the contributions are Turkish," he said during the press conference.

According to the speaker in some sense the freezing of the Turkish –
Azerbaijani relations of last year was conditioned by this thing.

"Even if Azerbaijan is happy that Nakhijevan is being saved by the
help of Turkey it realizes that Turkey has plans connected with it,"
he said.

A. Shakaryan thinks that in South Caucasus the active policy of Turkey
to the direction of Nakhijevan and the interference of Karabakh
conflict settlement process Armenia should accept as a serious
strategic challenge and should concentrate all his efforts against it.