IF SARKOZY SAYS THERE IS NO PLACE FOR TURKEY IN EU, SOUTH CAUCASIAN STATES DO NOT HAVE PLACES THERE TOO
PanARMENIAN.Net
29.05.2007 16:02 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ People in the South Caucasus think that superpowers
pay a great attention to the region, but actually the United States
and European Union have quite another priorities, President of the RAS
(Russian Academy of Sciences) Russian Center for Strategic Research
and International Studies, head of World Politics Chair in the Moscow
State University Vitaly Naumkin stated to a press conference in Baku.
In his opinion, currently the accent in the world politics moves to
the competition between China and the United States.
Touching upon the integration of the South Caucasus, the political
scientist underlined that now everyone is interested in one question:
that is -which the vector of political development of the region will
be and where it will move towards: "In his time Bzezhinski stated
Azerbaijan confidently moves towards the third world. Azerbaijan
is located near Europe and moves towards that direction. Naturally
politicians in Russia would like to see Azerbaijan closely connected
with Russia," he underlined.
According to Naumkin Georgia drops out from the group of south
Caucasian states, since the country one-sidedly moves towards the
West and the problem of Russian-Georgian relations stands very sharp.
"As to European integration, European politicians think this region
can hardly integrate. During one of conferences they stated that the
European pot is full and there is no place for new candidate-states
in near decades. If French President Sarkozy says there is no place
for Turkey in the European Union, it is quite clear that there cannot
be any place for a single south Caucasian state too," he stated,
Day.az reports.