The reality is that Turkey and Russia can't be strategic partners despite developing economic relations, an Armenian professor said.

"The fact is that Ankara and Turkey disagree on the Karabakh issue," director of the Institute of Oriental Studies at the RA National Academy of Sciences, professor Ruben Safrastyan told journalists today.

"Russia is considering a possibility to build a nuclear power plant in Turkey. The two countries try to operate the region jointly but they still remain rivals," he said.