"EXPERT INTERVIEW: Caucasus is No Longer the Source of Discord for Russia and Turkey
1/24/2005
By GP Interview Staff
Ruben Safrastyan, Ph.D. is a Professor of International Relations at Acharyan University in Yerevan, Armenia. He's also the Director of the Department of Turkish Studies at the Armenian National Academy of Sciences. In the past, he served as a Counselor of the Armenian Embassy in Germany and was the Deputy Director of the Department of Political Analysis for the Office of the President of Armenia.
Mr. Safrastyan, the results of the visit of Vladimir Putin to Ankara and the following visit of Turkish Prime Minister R. T. Erdogan to Moscow testify that Russian-Turkish relations have become closer. Only the fact that 600 Turkish businessmen accompanied Erdogan testifies much. How great is the potential of political rapprochement of Turkey and Russia in your opinion? Or the observed processes come to lobbying of the interests of Russian business in Turkey? "
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