ARMENIAN POLITICAL EXPERT: BY STARTING WAR AGAINST SOUTH OSSETIA MIKHAIL SAAKASHVILI COMMITTED STRATEGIC SUICIDE
ArmInfo
2008-10-03 17:17:00
ArmInfo. By starting war against South Ossetia Georgian President
Mikhail Saakashvili committed strategic suicide, says political expert
Richard Kirakossyan.
His actions have resulted in the strengthening of Russia’s role in
the region and Turkey’s Caucasian Platform initiative.
The Aug events have drastically changed the situation in the region.
Caucasian Platform implies that Turkey has revised its foreign
political priorities and is seeking to overcome its dependence on the
transit of energy resuorces via Georgia by diversifying electricity
supply routes.
Besides, Turkey no longer wants to depend on the United States and
is defending exclusively its own interests rather than Turkish-US or
Turkish-EU interests as it did before.