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    ALEXANDROS PETERSON: TURKEY SERIOUS ABOUT OPENING BORDER WITH ARMENIA

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    24.09.2008 15:26 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Azerbaijan was shocked by Russia's actions in
    Georgia and decided to change the route for its oil and gas, a
    U.S. expert said.

    "A decision to develop east-west pipelines was taken. Some of them
    will go through Novorossiysk, some through Iran. Heydar Aliyev has
    once persuaded Turkey, Georgia and the United States to develop such
    an oil pipeline," said Alexandros Peterson, southeast Europe scholar
    at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre.

    "Azerbaijan is facing a presidential election. It's disappointed
    with the fruitless Minsk process. Moreover, the Russian invasion in
    Georgia proved unpredictability of the region and Baku's policy grew
    more unpredictable," he said.

    Turkey and Azerbaijan are west-oriented, according to him. "Nabucco
    gas pipeline one of the most important aspects. Meanwhile, mostly
    guided by Russian interests, Armenia just watches the process, its
    best friends being Russia and Iran. Nagorno Karabakh also remains a
    problem. Armenia tries to preserve the status quo; Azerbaijan doesn't
    exclude the possibility to resolve the conflict by use of force,"
    he said.

    At that, he noted that Turkey's importance should not be
    neglected. "Gul's visit to Yerevan was symbolic. Turkey is serious
    about opening the border with Armenia. The initiative to mediate
    between Yerevan and Baku for resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh
    conflict is an advance," Petersen said, Interfax reports.
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