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  • Zardusht Alizade: Turkish-Iraqi Agreements No Threat To Azerbaijan

    ZARDUSHT ALIZADE: TURKISH-IRAQI AGREEMENTS NO THREAT TO AZERBAIJAN

    News.am
    14:40 / 10/16/2009

    "The Turkish-Iraqi agreement on gas transportation to Europe does not
    constitute any threat to our gas projects with Europe. We already have
    the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas main and the Nabucco pipeline will be
    its continuation. That is, this pipeline cannot do without Azerbaijani
    gas," the political analyst Zardusht Alizade told 1news.az agency.

    "Yesterday we signed an agreement with Gazprom, and no one in the world
    reproached us for doing so, as it is our sovereign right -- we sell
    our gas to whoever we like. The same applies to the Turkish-Iraqi
    agreements. As a matter of fact, a realistic and active policy is
    being implemented in the region - each country is acting in its
    own interests.

    "Let us not deny the fact that the West has recently strengthened its
    influence on our region. A new geopolitical situation has developed,
    and Azerbaijan has to work to avert any threat to our interests I think
    we should intensify our activities in the 'Western direction', without
    forgetting about Russia. This country is our great neighbor, and we
    not only should, but also ought to strengthen bilateral relations. That
    is we are going to have very much work in various fields now.

    Besides, I think that we should deepen our relations with Turkey. It
    has launched a realistic policy, so we should take a realistic view of
    the situation as well and implement our policy in our own interests,"
    Alizade said.
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