Turkey uses Azerbaijan to cement positions in Caspian region

March 15, 2011 - 13:32 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Ares Shipyard company wants to launch military shipbuilding in Azerbaijan. According to company director Kerim Kalafatoglu , Turkey has certain plans with respect to the Caspian basin.

“We want to introduce our technologies in Azerbaijan and promote “Made in Azerbaijan” brand. Our goal is to make a contribution to the national defense industry of Azerbaijan,” he said. “We manufacture cutters and boats for various purposes.”

The above-mentioned suggests a conclusion that Turkey just wants to cement positions in the Caspian region. Under favorable circumstances, Ankara will obviously try to impose its conditions on Iran and Russia, become a headache for both.

After the failure of its Security and Stability Platform, Turkey decided to pick up a less disadvantageous initiative. However, it’s unclear, whether Azerbaijan will be capable to digest the huge amount of arms. Anyway, cutters and boats will hardly help Baku, should it venture a new war against Artsakh.

The matter is that the Turkish military machine is penetrating into Azerbaijan.