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    SINAN OGAN: NABUCCO MAP TO BE RE-DRAWN

    news.am
    Nov 13 2009
    Armenia

    In the light of recent Turkish-Iranian agreements, the Nabucco map
    will be "re-drawn," Sinan Ogan, Chairman of the Turkish Center
    for International Relations & Strategic Analysis, stated at the
    Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic
    of Azerbaijan. He accounts for the amendments to the project by the
    Turkish-Iranian agreement on gas supplies to Europe.

    Formerly, the main aim of the West and Europe was to organize gas
    supplies from Azerbaijan and Central Asia, whereas the issue of
    receiving Iranian gas with further involvement of Iraq and Egypt in
    transit has come to the forefront now. According to Ogan, the West
    has started a subtler political game in the South Caucasus and the
    neighboring regions, which, however, does not at all mean that the
    West is not interested in Azerbaijani gas, especially as because an
    infrastructure for gas transit from Azerbaijan to Turkey and further
    to Europe is operating.

    As regards the Azerbaijani-Turkish relations, Ogan once again
    underlined their importance. He pointed out that the USA and Russia
    are against a stronger Turkish-Azerbaijani alliance, doing their best
    to impede the process. "Our states must establish a closer dialogue,
    all the more so because serious tasks are to be accomplished next
    year," Ogan said, mentioning impending problems in the context of the
    Armenian Diaspora's efforts to push an Armenian Genocide resolution
    through the U.S. Congress.

    "Faced with external threats and challenges, we must be ready for
    new provocations, and our countries' leaders must ensure mutual
    understanding in order to jointly oppose the adversaries' intrigues,"
    Ogan said.
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