WORSENING OF TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS MAY LEAD TO TEMPORARY “REFOCUSING” AT CAUCASUS

PanARMENIAN.Net
June 7, 2010 – 18:42 AMT 13:42 GMT

Director General of the Foundation of Strategic Culture Andrey Areshev
said that the worsening of the Turkish-Israeli relations may lead
to a temporary “refocusing” of interested parties from the events
at Caucasus (specifically, around the Karabakh conflict settlement)
to Near East problems, the resolution of which becomes more difficult.

“Possibly, the events around the so-called “Peace Flotilla” will
moderate ambitions of Israel, which has been attempting to position
itself as an active player at the South Caucasus during recent years.

Meanwhile Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan have once again faced the
growing regional ambitions of Ankara,” Areshev told a PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter.

From: A. Papazian