Azerbaijan, Baku, 9 January / Trend corr. R.Hafizoglu / The official visit of Abdulla Gul, the Turkish President, to the United States is very significant for the Ankara and is a new stage in the intergovernmental relations," Arif Keskin, a Turkish political scientist, said on his telephonic interview to Trend. Mr.Gul has been on an official visit to the United States, since 6 Jan. Mr.Gul discussed the development of the bilateral relations with the American President J.W.Bush, on 8 January.
"Turkey is an ally of America. However, a political stagnation has been observed between the both countries recently. I am confidence that the Turkish President's visit will strengthen the bilateral relations. The reliability is one of the key factors in expansion of the bilateral relations," Keskin said.
According to Keslin, the interests of the United States and Turkey do not coincide on the issues like Iraq, Middle East and Karabakh policy. "The United States knows that Turkey has a huge power in the region. The political changes are expected to take place in the region, in the near future".
The expert believes that Mr.Gul's visit to the United States cannot settle the problems like the Kurd Worker Party terrorist functioning, the so-called Armenian genocide and Karabakh issue. "Even Turkey manages partially to influence the United States, on the policy concerning the issues of the so-called Armenian genocide. Turkey cannot completely change the American policy in the region," Keskin said.
As the best result, Turkey may weak the popularization of Armenian lobby directed against Turkey and Azerbaijan in the United States. "By the so-called Armenian genocide claim, the United States wants to open the Turkish-Armenian border. In respond, Turkey demanded the liberation of the Azerbaijani occupied territories," the political scientist said.
According to the political scientist, the United States policy on the Karabakh problem, Armenia and Azerbaijan, differ from the policy towards Turkey.