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    TURKEY MAY CONTRIBUTE TO SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT, TURKISH EXPERT SAYS

    news.am
    Dec 6 2010
    Armenia

    Turkey could exert its influence to settle Nagorno-Karabakh, Hasan
    Koni, an expert on Turkish foreign policy from Galatasaray University,
    said, Today's Zaman reports.

    Turkish foreign policy is now designed in a way that is set to
    compromise on a wide range of issues to achieve a breakthrough,
    which could be true for the Cyprus problem, the Kurdish issue and
    Nagorno-Karabakh.

    He argued that the OSCE Minsk Group had been established to keep the
    leaders of the two sides talking, using delaying tactics [to prevent
    any outbreak of war]. "I have 'wrestled with France' as I was an
    adviser to a [foreign minister] in the mid-1990s when the EU member
    state worked assiduously to stop the peace process between Azerbaijan
    and Armenia, through the use of the alleged Armenian genocide issue,"
    he said. The primary goal of France, Koni said, is to block Turkey's
    route to Central Asian energy resources and prevent better ties with
    Turkic countries.

    Koni alleged that Russia has many military bases in Nagorno-Karabakh
    that help it command an extensive area in the Caucasus region. The
    country has also been a historical and long-established ally of
    Armenia. Koni also said the Armenian lobby in the US makes this
    country antagonistic to Turkey and Azerbaijan on the Armenian issue.

    "These are the co-chairs of the Minsk Group. A complete 'delaying'
    tactic," Koni said.

    Drawing a pessimistic and bleak picture, Koni said as a member of
    the OSCE Minsk Group there is less that Turkey can do because Turkey
    is now in a position that allows it to step back with regard to many
    issues that it is involved in to reach a deal rather than moving on
    the offensive.

    Talks over the status of Nagorno-Karabakh are very analogous to the
    Middle East peace process between Israel and Palestine in terms of
    the methods used to keep the sides talking. Russia is continually
    rewarding Armenia to make it stay at the negotiating table and push
    the Azerbaijani side to keep talking as a way to prevent Azerbaijan
    from resuming the war against Armenia.

    Azerbaijan, as a result, is trying to persuade the international
    community that the conflict poses an imminent danger to security in
    the region, including vulnerable energy routes, Koni said.




    From: A. Papazian
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