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DUE TO THE TURKISH-FRENCH CRISIS, OFFICIAL BAKU IS TO MAKE A DIFFICULT CHOICE
MilAz.info
Jan 18 2012
Azerbaijan
At a press conference on Wednesday in the Media Center, the Head of
the "Atlas" Center for Political Studies Elkhan Shahinoglu have tried
to predict the actions of the Azerbaijani authorities in case if the
French Senate adopts the law on criminal responsibility for denying
the "Armenian genocide".
He believes that in the context of the current French-Turkish
relations, Azerbaijan should unconditionally support Turkey. He
believes that the Azerbaijani authorities bring up the question on
the removal France from the co-chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group.
Official Baku has not started an open confrontation with Paris on
this issue. At the same time, the Milli Majlis of December 30, 2011
made a statement calling on the Senate not to adopt this bill.
According to the analyst, if Azerbaijan does not support Turkey in
this issue, it will cause a cooling of bilateral relations.
On December 22 the National Assembly of France passed a bill on
criminal responsibility for the denial of the Armenian Genocide in the
Ottoman Empire in 1915. The adoption of the document provoked a sharp
reaction of Ankara, and a negative response in the Azerbaijani society.
If Senate adopts the document on January 23, it will make tense
relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey more complicated, and official
Baku will have to make a difficult choice, said Elkhan Shahinoglu.
According to him, Sarkozy deliberately speeds up the adoption of the
bill, in order to get the support of the Armenian Diaspora in France
at the upcoming presidential elections.
In case if the French Senate adopts the law, there are two possible
variants of Baku~Rs actions: Azerbaijan will fully support Turkey,
and will demand from France to leave the Minsk Group, or it will be
limited to the moral support of Ankara.
MilAz.info
Jan 18 2012
Azerbaijan
At a press conference on Wednesday in the Media Center, the Head of
the "Atlas" Center for Political Studies Elkhan Shahinoglu have tried
to predict the actions of the Azerbaijani authorities in case if the
French Senate adopts the law on criminal responsibility for denying
the "Armenian genocide".
He believes that in the context of the current French-Turkish
relations, Azerbaijan should unconditionally support Turkey. He
believes that the Azerbaijani authorities bring up the question on
the removal France from the co-chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group.
Official Baku has not started an open confrontation with Paris on
this issue. At the same time, the Milli Majlis of December 30, 2011
made a statement calling on the Senate not to adopt this bill.
According to the analyst, if Azerbaijan does not support Turkey in
this issue, it will cause a cooling of bilateral relations.
On December 22 the National Assembly of France passed a bill on
criminal responsibility for the denial of the Armenian Genocide in the
Ottoman Empire in 1915. The adoption of the document provoked a sharp
reaction of Ankara, and a negative response in the Azerbaijani society.
If Senate adopts the document on January 23, it will make tense
relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey more complicated, and official
Baku will have to make a difficult choice, said Elkhan Shahinoglu.
According to him, Sarkozy deliberately speeds up the adoption of the
bill, in order to get the support of the Armenian Diaspora in France
at the upcoming presidential elections.
In case if the French Senate adopts the law, there are two possible
variants of Baku~Rs actions: Azerbaijan will fully support Turkey,
and will demand from France to leave the Minsk Group, or it will be
limited to the moral support of Ankara.