SAFRASTYAN: RUSSIAN-TURKISH TIES BASED ON ENERGY ISSUE
Panorama.am
14/05/2010
Turkish authorities have deeply disappointed in recent 1-2 years
from the activities of Euro integration. It’s obvious that Turkish
authorities have little hope which makes them to find new directions
for their ambitions, expert of Turkish studies and director of Oriental
studies institute Ruben Safrastyan said.
"This is the aftermath of Turkey’s new policy which is being
consistently implemented by Turkey," expert said adding that the
neighbor country is long to become ruling state in the region. Of
course, Turkey is well developing but in energy field they aren’t as
much powerful and they buy Russian gas.
Friendly ties with Russia, according to Safrastyan are conditioned by
that very point. "~TRussia, trying to use its huge amount of energy,
wants to recover Soviet Union dispositions in the Middle East,"
he said underscoring that it’s of great significance for Russia.
Russian-Turkish friendly ties are based on energy field, as well as
U.S being more passive in the region. "Turkey seems to be driven out
of regional affairs," Safrastyan said adding possibly this is the
reason why they want communication with Armenia.