Kurdistan to become new buffer between West and East

PanARMENIAN.Net - Formation of independent Kurdistan is nearly finished, senior expert of the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian academy of Sciences Kirill Vertyayev said during Yerevan-Moscow space bridge. A Kurdish autonomy can be maintained in Iraq but the proclamation of independence has become an inevitable process, according to him.



"Kurdistan will become a new buffer between West and East. Along with Israel it will become a political unit opposing the Islamic world. Given its strategic consideration, Armenia is also close to Kurdistan," Vertyayev said. "Turkey was debarred from settling the Iraqi conflict. That is why the Turkish government seeks to convince the population in Turkey's regional importance."



For his part, Director of Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide Hayk Demoyan reminded that formation of independent Kurdistan was stipulated by the Treaty of Sevres. "There is official data that correlation of Turks and Kurds in Turkey will be equal by 2010. This means that Turkey won't benefit from operations in northern Iraq," he said.