Interests of Turkey more akin to Armenia than Azerbaijan

September 1, 2009 - 18:45 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The interests of Turkey are more akin to Armenia than Azerbaijan in a number of issues, Stepan Grigoryan , head of the Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation told a press conference in Yerevan today.



According to him, "Turkey is interested in opening the Armenian-Turkish border, because after the August war Georgia has ceased to be a reliable transit country. Ankara understands that its projects associated with Georgia, cannot succeed, and it chooses the alternative way - Armenia, " - the Armenian expert said.



According to him, over the last 5 years, Turkey has seriously changed its policy and showed that their future is connected to the South Caucasus.



According to Stepan Grigoryan, since last year Armenia declared its readiness to normalize relations with Turkey without preconditions. "We say this because he felt that Turkey was also ready to establish relations. It turned out that we were right and objective reasons existed and exist today for the Armenian-Turkish reconciliation: the desire of Turkey to join EU, become a regional player, increase international interest in the region, U.S. pressure on Ankara, " the expert said.
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