March 25, 2006 - 13:20 AMT
Turkish General: If Baku Levies War, neither US nor EU Will Oppose It
"I believe that Azerbaijan will win if it resumes the war. However, political issues should be solved beforehand because Armenians are not the only enemy to Azerbaijan," Turkish Global Strategic Research Center member, General-Major-in-reserve Nejat Eslen told journalists. Turkish General says that Azerbaijan should solve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict itself. "Neither the EU nor the US will prevent Azerbaijan from making an attempt to solve the problem. Turkey must be ready to give any help because Azerbaijan is an important country for the world powers," he said.

Saying that Azerbaijan and Turkey already act together in some issues, Mr. Eslen stressed that this cooperation will spread on the military sphere as well. "Being admitted to the NATO while part of the lands are under occupation will not be beneficial to Azerbaijan. The lands should be liberated beforehand because the US is converting the NATO to a defense bloc," the Turkish general remarked, reports APA.