EXCLUSIVE A recent statement by US Ambassador to Azerbaijan that the country could have a ‘Maidan’ of its own has sparked off a full-blown crisis in the relations between Baku and the US. Why would a top American diplomat act so indiscreetly? Why have his remarks caused such bitter response from the Azeri government? Is there any chance that he could be right? “… Such statements might not always sound very rational, but that might be a sign that the US is trying to get a little more involved in the affaires in Southern Caucasus…. On the other hand it could have been done to bring Azerbaijan to a more interested position in the negotiation process regarding the exports of energy resources and its position of the country that could potentially become a transit state for other energy resource,” says Professor Alexander Markarov, Head of the Armenia program at the CIS Institute. Experts explore the issue in Radio VR’s program Burning Point:
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 19:53:51 +0000
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