Amid rising civil clashes in Syria, the confrontation between Iran and the West continues, yet with different shades. Constant meetings and consultations will not resolve Iran’s nuclear problem, indeed, but will possibly put off Israel’s military plans which increasingly gain force nowadays.

Turkey is trying to become a more active player in the Near East, voicing ideas which then appear to be alarming, if not dangerous. Complete failure of the foreign policy pushes Ankara to seeking new ways of implementing the “neo-Osmanism”. This, first of all, assumes the endorsement of caliphate and restoration of the following title:

Islamic fundamentalism is getting increasingly nastier, if not horrible. The last move was destruction of ancient shrines in Timbuktu. According to BBC, Islamist militants of Ansar Dine are ready to destroy all monuments they believe violate the Shariah law. The militants have already smashed two tombs in the well-known Djingareyber mosque, the locals say.

Russian-Turkish ties have been recently facing serious jeopardy named Syria and Iran. Syria is a major challenge, indeed, being a chief hub for almost all regional hydrocarbon transportation projects. The real transporter of oil and gas from Near East to Europe is namely Syria and not Turkey, which now tosses about in its foreign policy.

As expected, the recent meeting in Geneva on Syria yielded no results. No party was eager to assume responsibility for Bashar al-Asad’s dismissal; this provision was never mentioned. The opposition was indeed discontented, its major demand being immediate resignation of the Syrian president and transfer of the power to namely opposition, which has been known so far only by terrorist attacks and persecution of Christians and Shia.

The situation turned out to be an expected one: François Hollande preferred relations with Turkey to the Armenian issue. At a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius declared: “As to events of 1915, we will not demonstrate the position of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy’s administration.”

Georgia's foreign policy is based on three major points: U.S. opinion, Azerbaijan and Turkey's moves, and anti-Russian statements. Also, the latters sometimes seem to reflect Saakashvili's personal dislike after the disgraceful August 2008 rather than actual attitude of the Georgian society.

The “Old Fox”, former president of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze came up with another, yet somewhat belated sensational statement. In an interview with Asaval Dasavali paper he declared that his “worst ever fault before the people and the country is transfer of the power to Mikheil Saakashvili”.

Another round of talks between the six world powers and Iran failed to reach consensus on Tehran’s nuke program. The parties did not manage to come to an agreement in principle, their stances being absolutely opposite. Iran believes it has the right for nuclear energy, and he can’t be denied this, while the West opposes it, stirred by Israel’s artificial concerns.

Azerbaijan’s hopes that the Eurovision Song Contest would open wide if not the whole world but at least Europe for it, were not to come true.The European eyes did not fail to notice Aliyev’s dictatorship behind a pompous façade. According to some estimates, Azerbaijan spent USD 3 billion to host the Eurovision; still, the resolution on "Violation of human rights, democracy and the rule of law" adopted by the European Parliament on May 24 says that all actions aimed at suppressing the freedom of expression and assembly in Azerbaijan should stop immediately. Azerbaijan's hosting of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in its capital Baku on May 26 should be an opportunity for it to show its commitment to democracy and human rights, it adds.