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Ex-foreign minister of Karabakh: Turkey may initiate military actions
in Karabakh conflict zone, trying to trouble Russia
arminfo
Monday, October 15, 08:48
Armenia should not sit on the sidelines and vaunt over the worsening
of Russian-Turkish relations or mistakably suppose that the
aggravation of these relations will be in Yerevan's favor, ex-foreign
minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Arman Melikyan said at
a press conference.
He thinks that in case of aggravation of the relations, Turkey may
instigate Azerbaijan to start a new shady undertaking against Armenia
and Nagorno-Karabakh in order to give new problems to Moscow. "Despite
the close trade and economic ties between Russia and Turkey, despite
the talks about strategic partnership, these relations have no future
as a matter of fact. Moscow and Ankara are old rivals and the
discrepancies between them are deep and serious", he said.
He added that no changes in the Moscow-Ankara relations will bring any
good to Yerevan, as both improvement and worsening of the relations
contain serious risks. Consequently, it is necessary to conduct a
balanced and competent foreign policy to be able to mobilize all the
existing resources and to resist the foreign challenges.
To recall, the Russian-Turkish relations became tense after the
October 10 incident. When a plane making a Moscow-Damascus flight was
in the Turkish air space, two F-16 fighters started following it. The
plane was forced to land in Ankara, as it was suspected of
transporting weapons illegally. The Turkish special services found 12
sealed boxes. Later on, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
said that the boxes contained military equipment for Syria. Russia
refuted this information. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said
on Friday that the plane was legally transporting electrical
facilities for a radar station.
in Karabakh conflict zone, trying to trouble Russia
arminfo
Monday, October 15, 08:48
Armenia should not sit on the sidelines and vaunt over the worsening
of Russian-Turkish relations or mistakably suppose that the
aggravation of these relations will be in Yerevan's favor, ex-foreign
minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Arman Melikyan said at
a press conference.
He thinks that in case of aggravation of the relations, Turkey may
instigate Azerbaijan to start a new shady undertaking against Armenia
and Nagorno-Karabakh in order to give new problems to Moscow. "Despite
the close trade and economic ties between Russia and Turkey, despite
the talks about strategic partnership, these relations have no future
as a matter of fact. Moscow and Ankara are old rivals and the
discrepancies between them are deep and serious", he said.
He added that no changes in the Moscow-Ankara relations will bring any
good to Yerevan, as both improvement and worsening of the relations
contain serious risks. Consequently, it is necessary to conduct a
balanced and competent foreign policy to be able to mobilize all the
existing resources and to resist the foreign challenges.
To recall, the Russian-Turkish relations became tense after the
October 10 incident. When a plane making a Moscow-Damascus flight was
in the Turkish air space, two F-16 fighters started following it. The
plane was forced to land in Ankara, as it was suspected of
transporting weapons illegally. The Turkish special services found 12
sealed boxes. Later on, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
said that the boxes contained military equipment for Syria. Russia
refuted this information. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said
on Friday that the plane was legally transporting electrical
facilities for a radar station.