Kiro (Giro) Manoyan: Azerbaijani-Turkish trainings   should urge  Armenia to raise Nakhchivan issue

ArmInfo.The tension is now observed not only in Iran, but also in all countries of the Persian Gulf, but now in the focus of attention of Armenia are Saudi Arabia and Qatar, at by ARF  Dashnaktsutyun bureau member  and the head of Hay Dat  Armenian office on political issues Kiro (Giro) Manoyan stated during the press conference.

According to him, events in Iran, Syria, Iraq, Turkey can lead to  serious problems, considering  the US policy, which has recently  become less moderate. "Recently, Armenia's positive attitude towards  Qatar is often discussed, but it is quite logical, since Saudi Arabia  has always supported Azerbaijan and Turkey, while Qatar on the  contrary wants to deepen political relations with Armenia," the  expert said, stressing that the relationship between Saudi Arabia and  Qatar were aggravated not only because of disagreements over Iran,  but also because they did not agree in their attitude to the Syrian  conflict.

As for the relationship between Turkey and Iran, which now agree on  Qatar issues, the expert noted that there was always a rivalry  between them, which is still going on. "And although in September of  this year the Kurds are going to raise the issue of the establishment  of an independent Kurdistan, where  Turkish  and Iran interests  are  the same again, because they are against it, they will still remain  contenders, and Turkey will have to take into account Iran's  interests in many other issues," Manoyan said. 

Referring to the recent terrorist attacks in Iran, Manoyan noted that  recent events can hardly change Teheran policy in general. "However,  the fact that Iran blamed Saudi Arabia in preparation of terrorist  attack, increased tension in the Gulf countries", Manoyan stressed. 

What refers to Turkish-Azerbaijani tandem , the head of Hay Dat  stressed that their relationship can enter a new stage  and  cooperation will become more close. However, according to him, the  positions of Ankara and Baku do not coincide with the further  development of the situation around the Karabakh conflict. "If Baku  constantly tries to heat up the situation and lead to a full-scale  war, since it does not record success in the diplomatic field, Ankara  does not benefit from a new war in the region," Manoyan explained.

In the regard of activization of Azerbaijani-Turkish relations,  Manoyan also referred to the issue of Azerbaijani-Turkish military  trainings in Nakhichevan. "These trainings are aimed to demonstrate  their power to Iran and show Armenian side that they can attack from  the side of Nakhichevan too. However, this should urge our  authorities to raise the issue of Nakhichevan, as it never belonged  to independent Azerbaijan, just as Artsakh", Kiro(Giro) Manoyan  concluded.