Azeri factor has role in Turkey’s internal policyMarch 7, 2011 - 13:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The statements by Turkish politicians should not seem surprising before June 12, the day of parliamentary election, according to the director of Caucasus Institute. As Alexander Iskandaryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Azeri factor plays a major role in Turkey’s internal policy. “The nationalists are using the Azeri factor as a trump card,” he noted. “Several million of Turkish citizens of Azeri origin live in Eastern Turkey. In their political campaigns, all parties, including the ruling AKP are attempting to cater to the interests of local Azerbaijanis,” Iskansaryan stressed. The head of the Strategic Research Center under the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Bulent Aras told journalists during a visit to Baku that Turkey may provide military assistance to Baku if hostilities break out between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |