The level of nervousness in Baku after the signing of the Armenian-Turkish Protocols has reached its highest. The authorities apparently realized that, despite the assurances of "brotherly" Turkey, no parallel processes will go with the Karabakh conflict settlement. Though immediately after the signing of the Armenian-Turkish Protocols in Zurich, the rhetoric of high-ranking Turkish officials significantly intensified with regards to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, it didn't last long and it had its reasons.

On October 29-31, Yerevan hosted Expo-Russia Armenia - 2009 Annual Russian Exhibition. Over 70 Russian companies took part in it. The exhibition covered the following spheres: machine building, metallurgy, high technologies, innovations, security, IT, building, power engineering, automotive industry, transport, logistics, telecommunications, communications, oil-and-gas industry, agricultural and building machines, medicine and pharmaceutics, food, banks and insurance companies, investments, geology, mining industry, tourism, education, network business.

Throughout the past week the domestic political life of Armenia was puffy with ongoing hottest discussions on the Armenian-Turkish Protocols. The coalition of pro-governmental forces, holding a majority in the parliament, was able to defend itself, offering counter-arguments in favor of the initialed Armenian-Turkish Protocols. In essence, they put forward the need to break the economic blockade, open the transport routes via Turkey to Europe and restore the Armenian historical cultural heritage, remaining in Turkey.