Baku hopes to resole the Karabakh Conflict through Turkic power

PanARMENIAN.Net - Thus, the Turkish Embassy in Baku functions according to former system and grants visas. According to Wafa Guluzade, "If Europe can establish its union, its visa-free zone, why the Turkish speaking countries can't establish a similar union and zone?" Really, why shouldn't be this union established? This step will allow Turkey to become a more active state in the region.

The Azeri Ministry of Foreign Affairs tried to do some illustrations on the issue. "In spite of the decision of the Turkish government about canceling the visa system with Azerbaijan, Baku doesn't consider taking any similar steps towards Turkey. This decision of the Turkish government is unilateral and doesn't oblige the other party to take similar measures. The statement made by the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Gul about the forthcoming abolition of the visa system for the citizens of Turkish speaking countries is qualified as a serious step towards the unification of Turkic Word, said the Press Secretary of the Azeri Minister of Foreign Affairs Khazar Ibrahim.

According to Nizami Jafarov, the statement made by A. Gul proves that Turkey's leading party has started thinking on all-Turkic level. "So far different opinions have been heard in this regard, the issue of establishing a Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States has been put on the agenda. The establishment of the united Turkic zone is necessary. Most of the problems will be decided after its establishment. Today one side of the Turkic World is Europe, the other one is East. East is in the center of attention of the international monopoly and the exploitation of the given territories from economic point of view still continues. Together with this, great is the necessity of liquidating all the possible difficulties in transportation and other spheres. The works carried out in the sphere of transportation are expanded and the construction of the roads from Azerbaijan to Turkey has begun," said N. Jafarov.

According to N. Jafarov, the visa system among the Turkic countries should be abolished and it will be more profitable for all parties. "It's quite a different thing that there should be a common control over the entry and exit of the country. However, only the declaration of the idea about abolishing the visa system for the citizens of Turkic Countries is not enough. A serious work should be carried out. I am sure that at the times of the present powers in Turkey this question will find its adequate answer for up to the last Turkic state," he said.

One of the most interesting things is that Azerbaijan insists on visa-free system to Turkey. The Central Asiatic countries try to avoid being integrated into the Turkic Union, and this is quite understandable - Russia is obviously stronger than Turkey and besides for Presidents of Uzbekistan or Kazakhstan it is more useful to be CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) rather than GUAM member, which Islam Karimov left right on time. Even if "Turkic Schengen" is applied, it will happen only the day when Turkey is rejected the EU membership once and for all.

There is one more thing which must be mentioned; no matter how much Baku speaks about the "United Turkic World", this union doesn't exist in fact. Only Azerbaijan hopes to resolve the Karabakh Conflict by through Turkey. The visa-free system will allow Baku to receive Turkish military advisors or send its soldiers there for trainings in Turkish military camps without any difficulty. But the question is whether this will really help Baku to solve the Karabakh Conflict? Hardly will it. The former President of Turkey Suleyman Demirel had once said, "The Azeri people are our brothers… But we are not carpet-baggers…" Honestly speaking we will help as much as we can, but do not count on anything more. And Redgep Erdoghan's party may hardly become a "carpet-bagger".