Armenia terminates Turkey's full influence on South Caucasus

June 10, 2008 - 20:01 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey's geostrategy is based on several principles, according to an Armenian expert.



"These are strengthening of relations with Georgia and Azerbaijan, determination of borders of its influence as regional power, cooperation with Russia and complete isolation of Armenia," said Ruben Safrastyan, Director of Caucasus Institute.



Armenia terminates Turkey's full influence on the South Caucasus, according to him.



"Meanwhile, Turkey's relations with Georgia cover not only economic but also the military sector. Ankara assisted Tbilisi in modernizing the military base in Marneuli, adapting it for its own needs. As to relations with Azerbaijan, Turkey holds leadership in the volume of commodity turnover and investments here. Ankara also helps Baku to guard the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and Baku-Tbilisi-Erzrum pipelines. All this, in addition to the burden of its Ottoman past, proves that normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations is impossible in the near future," Dr. Safrastyan said.
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