In the light of recent Turkish-Iranian agreements, the Nabucco map will be “re-drawn,” Sinan Oğan, Chairman of the Turkish Center for International Relations & Strategic Analysis, stated at the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. He accounts for the amendments to the project by the Turkish-Iranian agreement on gas supplies to Europe.

Formerly, the main aim of the West and Europe was to organize gas supplies from Azerbaijan and Central Asia, whereas the issue of receiving Iranian gas with further involvement of Iraq and Egypt in transit has come to the forefront now. According to Oğan, the West has started a subtler political game in the South Caucasus and the neighboring regions, which, however, does not at all mean that the West is not interested in Azerbaijani gas, especially as because an infrastructure for gas transit from Azerbaijan to Turkey and further to Europe is operating.

As regards the Azerbaijani-Turkish relations, Oğan once again underlined their importance. He pointed out that the USA and Russia are against a stronger Turkish-Azerbaijani alliance, doing their best to impede the process. “Our states must establish a closer dialogue, all the more so because serious tasks are to be accomplished next year,” Oğan said, mentioning impending problems in the context of the Armenian Diaspora’s efforts to push an Armenian Genocide resolution through the U.S. Congress.

“Faced with external threats and challenges, we must be ready for new provocations, and our countries’ leaders must ensure mutual understanding in order to jointly oppose the adversaries’ intrigues,” Oğan said.