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Thomas Goltz: â€œAzerbaijani Government should be careful with this situationâ€

29 August 2008 06:14 (UTC +04:00)

He said there were both similar and different aspects between Nagorno Karabakh and the conflicts in Georgia. The Professor thinks that long-term tensions between Russia and Georgia led Russia to launch strong military strikes on Georgia. â€œTerms between Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Saakashvili are not good. But situation related to Azerbaijan is different. There are good relations between Azerbaijan and Russia, between Ilham Aliyev and Russian leadershipâ€.

Goltz noted that the situation was not similar, but warned Azerbaijani Government to be careful. The Professor thinks that Azerbaijan should continue its â€œquadrate policyâ€. â€œIt means that Baku should continue friendship and partnership with Russia in the North, Iran in the South, China in the East and the United States in the West and protect the balanceâ€.

Responding to question about possibility of Azerbaijanâ€™s intentions for NATO membership to provide its security, Goltz said it would be a suicide.