Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug. 15 / Trend E.Mehdiyev /
Grand National Assembly of Turkey member Sinan Ogan's words that Turkey will not leave Azerbaijan during the military resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict caused panic in Armenia, Director of Center of Political Innovations and Technologies, a political scientist Mubariz Ahmedoglu said at a press conference on Wednesday.
"The pro-Armenian Russian experts showed a new feature: for them Armenia's interests are above the interests of Russia. Pro-Armenian experts, who, by the way, are Russian citizens, do not hesitate to threaten Turkey even with nuclear weapons only to retain Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Armenia," the political analyst said.
He said if Turkey starts to pursue anti-Russian policy in the North Caucasus, Russia will not be able to prevent it.
The tense situation in the North Caucasus will eventually end in losses for Russia, and the Armenians will benefit from those losses, Ahmedoglu says.
"The Armenian support for the Chechen movement in the North Caucasus, as well as other national liberation movements since the Soviet collapse is not forgotten. Then the views of some Turkish politicians and the Armenian separatists on the North Caucasus coincided. Apparently, the Russian experts have once again missed such a tandem," the analyst said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. - are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.