NATO, US and EU not aware of peculiarities of regional conflictsAugust 8, 2009 - 14:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Normalization of Armenian-Turkish ties will not negatively affect Armenian-Russian relations; just the contrary," Alexander Sotnichenko, leading analyst of St. Petersburg Center for Middle East Studies, told a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent. Armenia is not involved in South Stream and Nabucco projects because of complicated relations with Azerbaijan and Turkey," Russian expert said, adding that Armenia's involvement is only to the benefit of project participants. Sotnichenko does not find Nabucco a realistic project, considering Iran, the main gas supplier, is not a project participant. "Armenia's participation is theoretically ruled out, but anyway, the pipeline will not operate to full capacity," he stressed.Russian analyst finds regional conflict settlement a rather complicated issue. "The most important thing is not to allow foreign forces like NATO, US and even EU to get involved in conflict settlement processes in any region, as they are not aware of peculiarities of regional conflicts," he noted. As a result of August 7 negotiations in Ankara, Russian and Turkish Prime Ministers signed a cooperation agreement in oil and gas spheres. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. 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". Partner news | Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children |