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RUSSIAN EXPERT: EVEN THE MOST WONDERFUL PROJECTS WITH TURKEY WILL NOT AFFECT RUSSIA'S POSITION ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
by David Stepanyan
Friday, December 12, 00:29
Even the most wonderful projects with Turkey will not affect Russia's
position on the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict just because the South
Caucasus and North Caucasus are connecting vessels of security, Head
of the Center for Euro- Atlantic and Defense of the Russian Institute
for Strategic Studies Grigory Tischenko said in an online interview
to ArmInfo.
"Russia's unexpected moves in Turkey are first of all an attempt
to diversify economic and trade relations because of Europe's
discriminatory policy, so, they will hardly grow into some big
political projects. Putin's successful visit to Ankara was to a
certain extent a result of progress in Russian-Armenian strategic
partnership. Today Turkey has no military problems with Armenia, which
is something it has always dreamed of considering the trouble spots
it has near its southeastern and eastern borders," Tischenko said.
He said that what Turkey needs today is Russian markets, gas transit,
a condominium with Russia in the Black Sea, but not Armenia. The
only thing the Turks may want from the Russians now, in Tischenko's
opinion, is not to make too much noise about the Armenian Genocide
during its centennial.
"Today Turkey's military security is facing terrible problems: Syria,
Kurds, Iraq, Iran, ISIL fighters. But Russia will not be its active
ally on any of them. The only area Turkey and Russian may cooperate
in the military is the Black Sea," Tischenko said.
Concerning NATO, he said that it is an old geopolitical invalid, whose
only role now is to ensure the United States' military dominance in
Europe at the expense of the Europeans.
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by David Stepanyan
Friday, December 12, 00:29
Even the most wonderful projects with Turkey will not affect Russia's
position on the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict just because the South
Caucasus and North Caucasus are connecting vessels of security, Head
of the Center for Euro- Atlantic and Defense of the Russian Institute
for Strategic Studies Grigory Tischenko said in an online interview
to ArmInfo.
"Russia's unexpected moves in Turkey are first of all an attempt
to diversify economic and trade relations because of Europe's
discriminatory policy, so, they will hardly grow into some big
political projects. Putin's successful visit to Ankara was to a
certain extent a result of progress in Russian-Armenian strategic
partnership. Today Turkey has no military problems with Armenia, which
is something it has always dreamed of considering the trouble spots
it has near its southeastern and eastern borders," Tischenko said.
He said that what Turkey needs today is Russian markets, gas transit,
a condominium with Russia in the Black Sea, but not Armenia. The
only thing the Turks may want from the Russians now, in Tischenko's
opinion, is not to make too much noise about the Armenian Genocide
during its centennial.
"Today Turkey's military security is facing terrible problems: Syria,
Kurds, Iraq, Iran, ISIL fighters. But Russia will not be its active
ally on any of them. The only area Turkey and Russian may cooperate
in the military is the Black Sea," Tischenko said.
Concerning NATO, he said that it is an old geopolitical invalid, whose
only role now is to ensure the United States' military dominance in
Europe at the expense of the Europeans.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=C7C5BBF0-817C-11E4-901D0EB7C0D21663