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    Turkish expert: Because of "brotherly relations" with Azerbaijan,
    Turkey lost chances to become an arbiter in settlement of conflict
    situations in South Caucasus

    arminfo
    Friday, November 30, 17:52

    The governments of the South Caucasus states do not prepare their
    societies to compromise and peaceful settlement of conflicts, Turkish
    expert, Mustafa Aydyn, said at the forum "Dynamics of regional
    security in the South Caucasus" in Yerevan, 30 November.

    He said that the security problems of the South Caucasus for the last
    20 years since the USSR collapse have not been resolved, and there is
    even a danger of their turning into an armed conflict. Moreover, all
    the attempts of outside intermediaries to settle these conflicts,
    failed. As a result, these intermediaries lost trust at least one of
    the parties to the conflict, he said. He also added that civil society
    and different NGOs of the South Caucasus countries are not popular
    among the population of these countries. According to public opinion
    poll, only 5% of population of Armenia trust in von-governmental
    organizations, 4% -of Azerbaijan and 7% - of Georgia.
    "Non-availability of democracy is a serious obstacle on the way of
    stabilization in the region", - Aydyn said.

    He also added that in a certain sense Turkey could promote stability
    and security of the South Caucasus, but Ankara lost such an
    opportunity , first of all, because of special relations with one of
    the countries of the region - Azerbaijan. So, as the Turkish expert
    said, because of the "brotherly relations" with Azerbaijan, Turkey
    lost chances to become an arbiter in settlement of the conflict
    situations in the South Caucasus. "The brotherhood and friendship with
    Azerbaijan are necessary, but there are other more important things.
    Turkey needs stable Caucasus. Turkey needs this region like a transit
    territory for transporting of energy resources from Central Asia.
    Moreover, secure South Caucasus is a buffer area between Turkey and
    Russia, the relations with which were not always beyond reproach", -
    the expert said.

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