Russian analyst has commented on the Russian President’s visit to Turkey.
Relations between Turkey and Russia have been developing very rapidly in the past two years, despite the fact that, following on from the Cold War era, Turkey has usually been put in the Western camp in terms of military and political affiliation, the director of Moscow State University’s analytical centre onpost-Soviet states,Alexey Vlasov, told1news.az.
Vlasov said that Moscow and Ankara were gradually moving to a deeper level of strategic partnership in all spheres of the economy, energy and security.
’Moscow and Ankara can play a very important role in solving the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh, since the positions of Russia and Turkey are quite similar,’ Vlasov said.
’Both sides are interested in getting out of the vicious circle of the conflict, which clearly retards the development of the entire South Caucasus region. I think some agreements will be reached on encouraging the actions of Russia and Turkey as moderators and facilitators of the negotiation process,something that Ankara and Moscow have sought since August 2008,’ he continued.
’The effect of these agreements on the actual course of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement depends not only on Ankara and Moscow, but also on other participants in the negotiating process. And yet it seems to me that the strengthening ties between Moscow and Ankara area positive signal to those who are interested in peace and stability in the South Caucasus.’
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