ArmInfo.The recent Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States in Istanbul  and especially the map shown on its outcome, in general, do not contain  anything new in themselves. Senior Researcher of the Institute of  World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Orientalist Viktor  Nadein-Raevsky, expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo."Mr Aliyev had a chance to present his viewpoint," Andranik Kocharyan, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Defense and Security, Parliament of Armenia,  stated as he commented on the meeting between the Turkish and  Azerbaijani leaders in Ashgabad, Turkmenistan, where the two  discussed the "Zangezur corridor." 

ArmInfo.The issue of building a railway and a road along the Araks River has been  resolved. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told this to  journalists on the way from Ashgabat to Ankara.

ArmInfo.Today, on November 28, on the Day of Formation of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), the 15th Summit of the Leaders of the ECO Member States was held in Ashgabat under the chair of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

ArmInfo.Azerbaijan's concern about the recent economic weakening of Turkey leads to the strengthening of the positions of the Russian Federation in the  region and in Azerbaijan itself. Political scientist Stepan Danielyan  expressed this opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.Russia hopes that holding a meeting in the "3 + 3" format (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia - Russia, Turkey, Iran) on the Transcaucasus is a "short-term" issue.   Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Andrei Rudenko  stated.

ArmInfo. Sooner or later, taking into account the general situation in the region, as well as the prospects of unblocking regional communications, negotiations in  all problematic areas of Armenian-Turkish relations will become a  necessity. Fyodor Lukyanov,  Research Director of the Foundation for  Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club, told ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.Turkey again decided to give Armenia "life lessons".

ArmInfo.Within the framework of the Georgian-Russian informal dialogue, the online  meeting of Special Representative of the Prime Minister of Georgia  for Relations with the Russian Federation Zurab Abashidze with  Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council  of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin took place. This was  reported by the press service of the apparatus of the government of  Georgia.

ArmInfo. Russian Orientalist and Economist, President of the Independent Scientific  Center "Institute of the Middle East Evgeny Satanovsky spoke about  the unrest in Turkey, and the possible resulting processes from it  against the background of the fall of the lira.

ArmInfo.Georgia will not participate in the 3+3 platform, Georgian FM David Zalkaliani stated during a question hour in Georgia`s parliament. He pointed out that  he clearly stated Georgia`s stance during his meetings with his  Azerbaijani, Armenian and Turkish counterparts. 

ArmInfo.Russia's failure to fulfill its obligations assumed by Moscow under the 1997 Treaty with Armenia now has absolutely the same reasons as failure to fulfill its  obligations in the past - Russia has simply not been a strategic ally  of Armenia for a long time.

ArmInfo.South Caucasus was among a variety of topics that the U.S.-Turkey High Level Defense Group discussed during their meeting in the Pentagon on November 16,  TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.

ArmInfo. A recent report titled "Turkey's Lobby in the United States" exposing Turkey's undue and surreptitious attempts to influence U.S. policy through Congress, the mainstream media and think tanks was released by The Center for International  Policy (CIP), reported the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly). 

ArmInfo.The West-orchestrated geopolitical struggle round the status of Nagorno-Karabakh could well turn into acrimonious struggle capable of changing numerous facts of real life, the orientalist Alexey Malashenko, Head of the Dialogue of  Civilizations research center, told ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo. "We want Armenia to regard the peace proposed by the Azerbaijani and Turkish presidents, Ilkham Aliyev and Recep Erdogan, as an opportunity to take," Turkish Defense Minister Hulisi Akar told a news conference held jointly with  his Azerbaijani counterpart, the Azeri-Press Agency (APA) reports. 

ArmInfo.RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in an interview with Public Television, commented on the statement of Turkish President Recep Erdogan that a  meeting-discussion took place between Pashinyan and Aliyev.

ArmInfo. Turkey's Parliament will discuss on Tuesday an extension of the mandate for the presence of Turkish military in Azerbaijan for one more year.

ArmInfo.The current situation in the South Caucasus is primarily characterized by the struggle of the countries of the region and neighboring states for the observance  of their own interests in the formation of a new, post-war status  quo. First of all, we are talking about Russia and Turkey, to a  certain extent about Iran. Academician of the National Academy of  Sciences of Armenia, Turkologist Ruben Safrastyan, expressed a  similar opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.It seems obvious that no West, either individually or collectively, will save Armenia.  Moreover, it will not give Armenia more than what Russia currently  gives.  A similar opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by Sergei  Markedonov, Leading Researcher at the MGIMO Institute for  International Studies, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of  International Analytics.