Drawing Ankara into South Caucasus, Moscow tries to diminish U.S. influence on the regionOctober 24, 2008 - 13:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Self-efficiency is manifestation of independence. The same refers to Ankara's regional policy, NKR political scientist David Babayan wrote in a peace of opinion titled "Global, regional and local levels of latest political transformations in the South Caucasus," obtained by PanARMENIAN.Net "Self-efficiency should be maintained both in internal and external policies. One of its components is a certain system of values that underlies the "two states, one nation" formula invented in early 1990-ies. Turkism or Turkic solidarity outlines a game of many moves. The point is that drawing Ankara into the South Caucasus, Moscow tries to diminish the U.S. influence on the region. It's quite clear that if the regional problems are discussed by regional powers, exterritorial countries will hardly penetrate into the process," he wrote. Ankara's engagement into the South Caucasus geopolitics can cause problems in Turkey and throughout Middle East, according to Babayan. "Turkism as a basis of Turkish self-sufficiency will inevitably affect the Kurdish population, whose ethnic area is contiguous to the Transcaucasia. Turkism will also arouse serious concerns in Iran. Besides, it's beyond Europe's interests, since the process can become unpredictable," he said. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |