Artak Shakaryan Says Geopolitical Interests Primary for Turkey

YEREVAN, JUNE 28, ARMENPRESS: It is not the first time Turkey endeavors to take advantage of the inner unstable situation of neighbor countries to establish there Turkey-oriented figures' power, Turkologist Artak Shakaryan said today at a news conference.

Artak Shakaryan says regardless the interests Turkey has in a country, Turkey will never miss any opportunity to launch military intervention there and extend its borders. Several years ago Turkey and Syria signed an agreement and established visa-free regime. Syria is considered the first importer of Turkish goods. "Nonetheless, Turkey's geopolitical interests are higher than the economic ones," Artak Shakaryan said.

The Turkologist says NATO's attack on Syria is almost excluded, as Russia and China support Syria, at the same time, the states attempting to encroach on Syria, will have to deal with Iran. "Taking into account all these circumstances, Turkey remains the region's only country, which instigates tending to conceal its own nimble policy with democratic ideas," Artak Shakaryan said.

As to the Armenian community to Syria and its stance on the inner-political crisis, Arabologist Arayik Harutyunyan said Armenians have always supported the authorities.