Serious Game has Begun in Isolating Azerbaijan from Armenia-Turkey Rapprochement

Turkish daily Hürriyet, referring to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s participation in the April 12–13 Nuclear Security Summit and the possible meeting between Erdoğan and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in Washington, reports that a new stage has begun with the aim of finally isolating Baku from the process of Yerevan-Ankara reconciliation.

“The Obama administration wishes to implement the Armenia-Turkey Protocols at any price. For that reason, it is searching for ways to neutralize the influence of the Azerbaijan factor on Turkey. The Obama administration has invited a number of countries’ presidents and prime ministers to the Washington summit. Apart from Turkey, Georgia and Armenia are also included in that list. However, Azerbaijan is not,” reports Hürriyet.

In an interview with the Turkish daily, Turkish Armenian Business Development Council Turkish co-chair Kaan Soyak noted that not only the United States but also Russia have been working toward eliminating Baku’s confrontation with the Armenia-Turkey Protocols, since the Protocols stem from both Moscow’s and Washington’s interests.