Regional problems do not allow settling the Karabakh conflict

A roundtable discussion on the development of regional security in Eurasia took place today in the American Educational Center, located in the Azerbaijan State University of Languages. The Director of the Center for Military and Political Analysis at the Institute of Political Studies Gudson, Richard Wietsz, made a speech.

During the meeting the Azerbaijani-American relations, the analysis of the security of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani-Iranian, Iranian-American relations, and the role of Azerbaijan in this context, the settlement of the Karabakh problem and the importance of America's regional security were discussed.

Richard Wietsz emphasized the importance of Azerbaijan in the region. "Azerbaijan is a transit country between East and West. He owns a strategic importance in the implementation of a number of major economic and energy projects," said the expert.

Azerbaijan’s position in regional safety is also very great because it is a neighbor of such large states as Iran, Russia and Turkey.

According Richard Wietsz, the governments of the USA and Azerbaijan are working closely on a number of issues of regional security, and as examples he mentioned Iraq and Afghanistan, where Azerbaijan supported the United States, and was actively involved in regional processes.

Referring to the Karabakh settlement, an American expert said:

"America and the international community are interested in resolving this conflict, but the existing political, ethnic and regional problems do not allow both countries to come to a mutual agreement," he said.

 Asking the question whether America will use the territory of Azerbaijan in case of war with Iran, Richard Wietsz said that "the united States support peaceful resolution of issues"

Adding that, in any case, the United States will not involve Azerbaijan in a possible conflict. "We understand that Iran is a neighbor of Azerbaijan, and they have many close connections," said Wietsz.

Commenting on the latest developments in Turkey, Wietsz pointed to the inconsistency of the similarities with the "Arab spring." He called Turkey a part of Europe. As for not admittance Turkey into the EU, the expert connected it with not performing a number of obligations by Turkey.—0—