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    A. SHAKARYAN SAYS NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA COME CLOSER THEY WILL NOT HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON ARMENIA

    ARMENPRESS
    MAY 12, 2010
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, MAY 12, ARMENPRESS: No matter how much the economic relations
    between Turkey and Russia come closer they will not have a negative
    effect on Armenia, political analyst Artak Shakaryan said today at
    a meeting with journalists. According to him, the relations between
    Russia and Turkey can be only on economic level. "All of us understand
    that Russia and Turkey are competitors in geological-political
    respect. No matter how much their relations get warm on economic
    level Russia understands that the only trustworthy partner in the
    South Caucasus is Armenia," A. Shakaryan said.

    According to the Turkish analyst, Turkey had to change its foreign
    policy from 2002; it goes not only to Europe, but to Russia and Near
    East as well. Hence, one of the primary principles for Turkey is to
    make the policy multi-vector. "Turkey undertakes steps directed toward
    development of the regional policy trying to be more active in the
    Balkans and in the South Caucasus. Turkey does its best to be involved
    in regulation process of the Artsakh conflict," A. Shakaryan said.

    He stressed that up to now Turkey has not managed that, as it is not a
    co-chairing country of the OSCE Minsk Group. Armenia is unequivocally
    against the direct involvement of Turkey in the regulation process
    of the Karabakh conflict, Russia has stated about that too. The
    political analyst said he is of the opinion that Turkey will continue
    to undertake steps for being involved in that process.

    In response to the question whether Armenia will have to go to
    concessions as a consequence of establishment of closer relations
    between Russia and Turkey, A. Shakaryan considered it impossible.

    Referring to the progress of the regulation process of Armenia-Turkish
    relations, A. Shakaryan noted that activation will be noticed in 2014,
    when the elections in Armenia and Turkey are finished. Before that,
    according to him, certain steps are possible to be made by the two
    countries, but concrete changes will not be registered till 2014.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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