It is significant that just a few days ago the company Rafael from Israel for the first time introduced a new-generation anti-tank missile Spike, which was successfully tested in Israel. Israeli media claim that a few weeks ago, Azerbaijan used this missile against Artsakh.
It should be noted that this is not the first such incident. In 2014 Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain recalled their ambassadors from Doha because of the same reason. Then the diplomatic crisis lasted 8 months. But this time measures taken against Qatar are much tougher (suspension of air and sea communications).
Armenian-Qatari high level negotiations once again prove that Azerbaijani efforts aimed at using the Islamic factor against Armenia, are doomed to failure, and the statements and resolutions that Azerbaijan gets within the Islamic organization, have no weight and influence.
Erdogan is going to discuss the issue of supplying Kurds with American weapons with the US President Donald Trump during their first meeting in Washington, expressing confidence that "Turkey’s allies would back Ankara, not the terrorist organizations".
Along with ending military actions in these zones, the flights of the military aviation (among them Syrian and American) are banned as well. The de-escalation zones will be controlled by the guarantor states’ (Russia, Iran, Turkey) forces.
Among these "supporters" may be Turkey, which, despite its advantageous position in current Russian-American relations, Russian-American cooperation in Syria to some extent limits Turkey’s ability to maneuver, therefore, official Ankara could also be interested in aggravating the situation.
The results of the elections showed the public reaction to the approaches of the forces on the Karabakh settlement as well. Particularly, the results showed that for example that the approaches of the alliance of "Congress-NPA" on Karabakh conflict settlement are unacceptable to the majority of Armenian citizens.
During the recent years Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia have made great efforts to make "the Islamic factor" an important element of their relationship.
On one hand, it is necessary to avoid conclusion that the process has already gone too far, and nothing can be done. On the other hand one should not ignore the process and do nothing.
As it was expected after the exemption of international sanctions Iran returns to the international arena and Tehran's attitude or position in the Karabakh conflict is getting new shades or colors.
Second, in terms of deepening cooperation with Lebanon an important factor is the Lebanese Armenian community (just it was in the past) which is involved in political, economic and cultural life of the country.
It is already obvious that intermediaries, first, Russia, intend to continue negotiations in Astana or at least create a platform equal to Geneva.
How does Assad manage to keep the power? The first and the most important reason is that the Syrian President really maintains support within his country.
The results of the dynamic cooperation between Tehran and Yerevan as well as the further steps were discussed during the Iranian President’s visit to Armenia. It is expected that Armenian President’s visit to Iran in 2017 will give new impetus to the strengthening of the Armenian-Iranian relations.
It is obvious that this was carried out by those, who are against the settlement of Syrian conflict.
Despite the importance of the above mentioned facts, relations with the Central Asian countries is much more important for Israel from the perspective of showing the possibility of coexistence between Jews and Muslims.
When planning pro-Turkish steps, Merkel has to take into account the possible consequences of those steps, trying not to lose the support of the remaining parts of German society. The most suitable topic for this flirt , as always, is Armenia and the Armenian Genocide.
Israel’s enthusiasm has at least several reasons. The first one is, of course, Trump’s Anti-Iranian rhetoric.
In case of successful implementation of the project Turkey’s energy role in the region will greatly increase. But one should take note that there are lots of difficulties that need to overcome.
The Armenian-Turkish closed border and the isolation of Armenia is a vivid expression of aggression against Armenia, which contradicts the principles of international law. This along with many other factors justifies the necessity to re-launch the mission of PACE monitoring in Turkey.
Azerbaijan via Turkey tries to present the Karabakh conflict settlement as a problem that flows from the primary interests of the Islamic Ummah.
It turns out that Germany, without rejecting the important decision, gives the necessary impetus to Turkey that in its turn gets a chance to interpret the German authorities’ statement in its favor.
In general, Turkey urges OIC to take more active role in international relations (at the same time trying to strengthen its position in the Islamic world). During the last decade the OIC has consistently increased its involvement in the conflict settlement.
Thus, in order to continue the negotiation process ensuring constructive atmosphere is of primary importance at this stage.
The distortion of the Iranian position by Azerbaijan aims to harm the Armenian-Iranian relations,spreading negative sentimentս among the Armenian public.
On June 8, the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev invited the heads of diplomatic missions of Muslim countries and international organizations in Azerbaijan and expressed his gratitude for the adoption of the documents of the OIC Summit in Istanbul.
Turkey that blames everyone for "mistakes of history" forgets that the same Germany has long recognized the Holocaust.
In Vienna Azerbaijan was forced to accept the failure of its military adventure. At the expense of hundreds of human casualties Azerbaijan was not able to realize its plans, which for sure could not be what Azerbaijan has today. Azerbaijan hoped to invade at least one region by a swift war in order to dictate its conditions to the sides on the negotiating table.
International recognition of NKR independence can be a factor preventing further bloodshed in Artsakh. Otherwise, everything can become irreversible.
Armenia appreciates the balanced position of Iran and its readiness to contribute to the peaceful settlement of the conflict. Armenia expects that Iran, which has come out of international isolation, will contribute to the process of ensuring regional security.
For many years Azerbaijan has been manipulating with these resolutions, forgetting that they contain clear requirements also for Azerbaijan.
It turns out that in an effort to keep Azerbaijan in the area of its influence, Turkey sacrifices the prospect to be among the Minsk Group Co-Chairs.
The downing of the Russian Su-24 bomber by Turkey on November 24 opened a new chapter in the relationship of these two countries, turning the close allies of the recent years into uncompromising rivals.
In reality it is hard to speak about the victory of any side and there are several reasons. First of all, the dividing line between reformists and conservatives is not clear at all. Secondly, most of the reformists have been deprived of the opportunity to participate in the elections by the Iranian Guardian Council of the Constitution.
The risk that Turkey may go to war persists. Turkish shelling of Kurdish positions in northern Syria perhaps is the evidence.
The transfer of the question of Karabakh conflict to another platform does not comply with the PACE principles and threatens to disrupt the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group.
The energy is one of the main elements in Iran-China relationship. China buys about 40% of the Iranian exported oil. More than 100 Chinese companies have representation in Iran.
Armenia’s active initiatives, new ideas and intensive work are needed both at state and private sector level.
From this point of view Armenia can have a key role in the implementation of future cooperation between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union, taking into consideration the fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Iran said the EEU will begin considering the possibilities of creating a free trade zone with Iran.
In addition, given the fact that the success of the AKP's leader, is also the victory of Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu, who will possibly not wish to act in Erdogan's shadow from now on, it's possible that the split within the party could go even deeper.
Discussions on deepening the Russian-Iraqi military cooperation are held in various formats. The Delegation of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of Russia in the framework of the visit to Baghdad has revised a number of agreements with Iraq in this field.
The point is how far Europe is ready to go in its relations with Turkey. Is the EU ready to have a country among its members that faces serious economic and security problems? However, it should be noted that Europe’s policy towards Turkey shows that its democracy starts and ends wherever its interests are.
Turkey’s "tough" rhetoric is conditioned by the fears that Turkey feels about Russian military intervention in Syria, as it is obvious that Russian actions in Syria almost neutralize Turkish plans of creating a "security zone" in its border with Syria.
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