Posted on 08/30/2011 2:44:48 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
MOSCOW - The blockade of Armenia, to some extent hinders the development of border areas in Turkey, senior research fellow, center for international security institute for international economics and international relations Stanislav Ivanov told at the interview with Voice of Russia.
He believes that Turkey still has supporters of the incumbent Turkish PM Erdogan, which means that ratification of Zurich protocols may be on the agenda of the next convocation of the parliament.
"Turkish government has the right to include those protocols into the agenda of the new parliament, thus, they can be on the agenda in October. Turkish business and government circles have supporters to normalize relations with Armenia and to develop bilateral trade-economic, transportation and other cooperation," believes Ivanov.
Moreover, the blockade of Armenia by Turkey not only harms Armenia's economy, but to some extent hinders the development of border areas in Turkey.
Currently the relations with Azerbaijan are more important for Turkey. Ankara has not only close economic but also military-technical ties with Baku. Besides, Baku reacted extremely negatively for concluding the Zurich protocols. Thus, the Turkish side deliberately postpones the solution of the issue.
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I’m sure this will all turn out fine. /s
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