Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 25 / Trend , A.Tagiyeva /
Pro-Islamic regimes coming to power in the North African Arab countries are worrying the West, as the regimes may adversely affect the economic and political relations between the West and these Arab countries, Arabic Political Analyst Mahmoud Haidar told Trend in a telephone interview.
He said: "The political changes aimed at Islamisation as observed in the Arab countries of North Africa is seen as a threat to the West."
Mr.Haidar noted that some Arab Islamic countries actually serve the interests of the West, and enjoy an advantageous economic partnership.
He went on: "The North African Arab countries along with the Islamisation, should pursue a policy of rapprochement with the West, otherwise the countries may lose support."
Haidar said the Islamisation could have a negative impact on these countries' trade and economic relations with of the West and former close collaboration ties could be broken.
Mr. Haider said: "Due to the nature of Islamic modes, the trade and economic relations cannot be as it previously was due to the complexity in the field of banking and investments,"
Mr. Haidar also believes that the transitional national councils of these countries currently operate harmoniously with the people and try to implement their requirements. Therefore, the Islamisation of the Arab countries of North Africa is very real.
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