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NAZARBAYEV CAPTURES ARMENIA
Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - Friday, 06 June 2014, 14:43
During the summit of Turkic states in the Turkish city of Bodrum the
president of Kazakhstan Nazarbayev announced that Turkey may associate
with the Eurasian Union and there are no controversies between the
Turkic council and the Eurasian Union.
During the same summit Ilham Aliyev thanked Nazarbayev for relaying
its infamous stipulation to Armenia in Astana.
The president of Astana is obviously trying to transform the Eurasian
Union to a Turkic union. And this is a possible option, considering
the demographic picture in Russia where the Turkic factor is not just
big but a state-building factor. Nazarbayev spoke about the interest
of Turkey last October, during the Minsk summit.
Serzh Sargsyan attending the summit did not react in any way that if
Armenia is to become a member of the Eurasian Union, there will be
Armenian claims to Turkey if Turkey is interested as well.
However, Serzh Sargsyan is silent because this is not just Nazarbayev's
wish but also Putin's, and even if it is not related to membership,
it is at least related to starting and playing a game.
Back in December 2012 where Putin went to Moscow with a back injury,
his spokesman Peskov announced that in case Turkey expresses interest
in the Customs Union, they will welcome it. One year later, during the
Erdogan-Putin meeting, the Turkish prime minister expressed interest
in association.
Time will show how far the game with Ankara will get. Obviously,
however, the tendency to get hold of Armenia with the Turkic pincers
is obvious. The political pincers are meant, because Armenia has
already got caught in the physical or geographic pincers.
Interestingly, while Aliyev and his Turkic-speaking colleagues
were meeting in Bodrum, snipers of Nakhidjevan killed two Armenian
servicemen. Earlier there did not seem to be tragic incidents at the
Armenian-Azerbaijani border in Nakhidjevan. And suddenly it happens
along with the summit of the Turkic-speaking states.
In other words, someone seems to have needed to symbolize the pincers
and show that the second front against Armenia operates and fires.
In addition, official Yerevan seems to be worried. Armenia responded
differently to the incident of Nakhidjevan. The personal representative
of the OSCE CiO has been invited to the ministry of defense. It
is possible that the Armenian ministry of defense is changing its
style and methodology of responding to cases of violation of the
ceasefire. It is notable, however, that the change occurs after the
tragic firing from Nakhidjevan which killed two servicemen of the
Armenian armed forces.
Meanwhile, the security partners of Armenia are silent. Not only they
are silent but also they are going to send their foreign minister
and deputy-foreign minister to Azerbaijan to agree on the next
batch of weapons. And while the Armenian servicemen are killed at
the border with Nakhidjevan, the Russian foreign ministry official
Levkashevich announces that Azerbaijan is Russia's strategic partner
in the Caucasus.
In an outrageous international isolation Russia has no other way out
but to rely on having at least a Turkic-speaking family. Everyone
assigns the role of the wife to Armenia.
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Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - Friday, 06 June 2014, 14:43
During the summit of Turkic states in the Turkish city of Bodrum the
president of Kazakhstan Nazarbayev announced that Turkey may associate
with the Eurasian Union and there are no controversies between the
Turkic council and the Eurasian Union.
During the same summit Ilham Aliyev thanked Nazarbayev for relaying
its infamous stipulation to Armenia in Astana.
The president of Astana is obviously trying to transform the Eurasian
Union to a Turkic union. And this is a possible option, considering
the demographic picture in Russia where the Turkic factor is not just
big but a state-building factor. Nazarbayev spoke about the interest
of Turkey last October, during the Minsk summit.
Serzh Sargsyan attending the summit did not react in any way that if
Armenia is to become a member of the Eurasian Union, there will be
Armenian claims to Turkey if Turkey is interested as well.
However, Serzh Sargsyan is silent because this is not just Nazarbayev's
wish but also Putin's, and even if it is not related to membership,
it is at least related to starting and playing a game.
Back in December 2012 where Putin went to Moscow with a back injury,
his spokesman Peskov announced that in case Turkey expresses interest
in the Customs Union, they will welcome it. One year later, during the
Erdogan-Putin meeting, the Turkish prime minister expressed interest
in association.
Time will show how far the game with Ankara will get. Obviously,
however, the tendency to get hold of Armenia with the Turkic pincers
is obvious. The political pincers are meant, because Armenia has
already got caught in the physical or geographic pincers.
Interestingly, while Aliyev and his Turkic-speaking colleagues
were meeting in Bodrum, snipers of Nakhidjevan killed two Armenian
servicemen. Earlier there did not seem to be tragic incidents at the
Armenian-Azerbaijani border in Nakhidjevan. And suddenly it happens
along with the summit of the Turkic-speaking states.
In other words, someone seems to have needed to symbolize the pincers
and show that the second front against Armenia operates and fires.
In addition, official Yerevan seems to be worried. Armenia responded
differently to the incident of Nakhidjevan. The personal representative
of the OSCE CiO has been invited to the ministry of defense. It
is possible that the Armenian ministry of defense is changing its
style and methodology of responding to cases of violation of the
ceasefire. It is notable, however, that the change occurs after the
tragic firing from Nakhidjevan which killed two servicemen of the
Armenian armed forces.
Meanwhile, the security partners of Armenia are silent. Not only they
are silent but also they are going to send their foreign minister
and deputy-foreign minister to Azerbaijan to agree on the next
batch of weapons. And while the Armenian servicemen are killed at
the border with Nakhidjevan, the Russian foreign ministry official
Levkashevich announces that Azerbaijan is Russia's strategic partner
in the Caucasus.
In an outrageous international isolation Russia has no other way out
but to rely on having at least a Turkic-speaking family. Everyone
assigns the role of the wife to Armenia.
- See more at:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/32552#sthash.dF29DXfP.dpuf