Azerbaijan got seriously angry with its "elder brother"

PanARMENIAN.Net - It seems that Azerbaijan got seriously angry with its "elder brother": high- and low-level Azerbaijani officials, political scientists and public figures accused Turkey of selling them and called the attempts to improve relations with Armenia a "stab in the back", Karabakh political observer Norayr Hovsepyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.



Baku's anxiety is obvious: the artificial Azerbaijani-Turkish concept of "one nation - two states" and the expediency of the lasting policy of transport and communication blockade against Armenia and NKR are simultaneously put into question, the significance of Azerbaijani-Turkish political and economic projects is diminished, etc.



Baku's response to new regional challenges is full of elements of terrorism, extremism, cynicism and jealousy. A conspicuous example of this was the Azerbaijani President's refusal to participate in the United Nations "Alliance of Civilizations" forum in Turkey's Istanbul in response to statements about possible reopening of the Turkish-Armenian border. Moreover, it was backed by a number of threats, and in particular the termination of transporting Azerbaijani gas to Turkey.



Responding so painfully to the seeming thaw in the Turkish-Armenian relations and expressing readiness to apply sanctions against its strategic partner and "elder brother", Azerbaijan, to put it mildly, casts serious doubts on its own reliability as an economic partner and a political ally. But if the anti-Turkish propaganda unleashed recently in Azerbaijan is merely an episode of a Turkish-Azerbaijani scenario, then credit should be given to Baku which brilliantly played its role, although the show in general being deprived of diplomatic extravagances proved to be unconvincing. Unlike Europe and Russia such an impression was created at least in Nagorno Karabakh.



Is it worth then to talk about the vitality of the Platform of Stability and Security in the South Caucasus proposed by Turkey hot on the heels of the war in South Ossetia? Surely not, as according to Baku's logic this initiative which pursued purely propagandistic objectives was also discredited by its author.



Baku always tried to use the existing international situation for resolving the Nagorno Karabakh conflict in its favour, constantly tossing about between Russia and the West and resorting either to "oil" or "gas" diplomacy, in other words to speculations and imitations and frequently to open blackmail and threatening. However, it is obvious that such an incidental diplomacy, and especially the intimidating attempts, cannot lead to resolving the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Ignoring the realities and passing the desirable for reality, the Azerbaijani authorities consistently continue their anti-Armenian policy first of all keeping in delusion their own society.



Surely, Azerbaijan will not dare turn its back to Turkey; it simply does not have the guts to do it. The online campaign initiated along the reproaches, through which participants tearfully ask Turkey "not to leave Azerbaijan one-on-one with the Nagorno Karabakh conflict", testifies to it.



In reality Turkey has a special influence on Azerbaijan, and it can play an important role in resolving the conflict if it displays constructivism and convinces Azerbaijan to give up its groundless claims for Nagorno Karabakh.