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AZERI EXPERT: PUTIN'S SIX-YEAR PRESENCE IN THE KREMLIN WILL EXLUDE ANY PROGRESS IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS
ARMINFO
Wednesday, April 11, 18:22
Today Azerbaijan is beginning to take more specific steps to get closer
to NATO, unlike the previous years when the country just imitated
cooperation with the Alliance, Azeri expert, Head of the East-West
Research Center Arastun Orujlu said during "NATO and Security of the
South Caucasus" internet conference on Wednesday.
The best example, according to the expert, is Azeri President Ilham
Aliyev's recent statement that relations with NATO are among the
priorities of Azerbaijan's foreign policy.
Orujlu believes that the key reason why Aliyev is trying to get
closer to NATO is the failure of his "balanced" foreign policy. "Now
Azerbaijan has no alternative to closer relations with NATO and the
European Union. The other reasons are the Iranian crisis and Russia's
persistency in pressuring Azerbaijan in an attempt to achieve its
goals," the expert said.
Concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, he said that Azerbaijan
perfectly understands that if the newly elected Russian President
Vladimir Putin manages to stay in power, there will be no progress
in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process in the coming six years.
ARMINFO
Wednesday, April 11, 18:22
Today Azerbaijan is beginning to take more specific steps to get closer
to NATO, unlike the previous years when the country just imitated
cooperation with the Alliance, Azeri expert, Head of the East-West
Research Center Arastun Orujlu said during "NATO and Security of the
South Caucasus" internet conference on Wednesday.
The best example, according to the expert, is Azeri President Ilham
Aliyev's recent statement that relations with NATO are among the
priorities of Azerbaijan's foreign policy.
Orujlu believes that the key reason why Aliyev is trying to get
closer to NATO is the failure of his "balanced" foreign policy. "Now
Azerbaijan has no alternative to closer relations with NATO and the
European Union. The other reasons are the Iranian crisis and Russia's
persistency in pressuring Azerbaijan in an attempt to achieve its
goals," the expert said.
Concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, he said that Azerbaijan
perfectly understands that if the newly elected Russian President
Vladimir Putin manages to stay in power, there will be no progress
in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process in the coming six years.