Within last 5-6 years thesis on Armenia’s isolation laid the foundation for Azeri propaganda. Isolated Armenia, that further will have to bow to Azerbaijan, that became nearly crossroad of all civilizations – here is the main plotline of leading Azeri mass media. And therefore recent speech of Ilham Aliyev in this regard sounded discordant after his Moscow meeting with Serzh Sargsyan. If Armenia fully realizes the progress in Azeri economy and the military, then it will be easier to agree on Karabakh issue – he stated. While an even-handed analysis indicates that Azerbaijan can sense a not gaudy lot of the “isolated state”. All the more, it seems to be already doing so…

It was Turkey that unexpectedly and toughly stroke Azerbaijani information strategy a blow first. The plot of Armenian-Turkish rapprochement and possibility of Armenian border gate opening was a wet blanket for excited with their own thoughtful fantasies representatives of Azeri media.

News on agreed ‘roadmap’ and possible launch of Armenia-Turkey direct railway, Abdullah Gul’s visit to Yerevan, negotiations in Switzerland and invitation of Serzh Sargsyan to Turkey – all this upset the balance in anti-Armenian propaganda logic. No one could match or explain these facts. Moreover, other plotlines like Azerbaijani in tandem with Turkey against Armenia, Kars-Akhalkalaki-Baku railway bypassing Armenia were misbalanced too. Azeri journalists even started to mention less the artificiality of Armenian Genocide, though before the Yerevan-Ankara dialogue were far beyond their Turkish colleagues in diligence. Thus, this dialogue knocked down state funded anti-Armenian media machine of Azerbaijan.

This is just a part of the process. Armenian-Turkish dialogue supported by world powers generated discord in minds of Azeri politicians. We witnessed the hysterics of high-ranking Azeri officials, darts in foreign policy and Karabakh peace process talks. Eventually, Azerbaijan raised substantial choppy sea at regional, then at international level. Refusal of Ilham Aliyev to meet with Barack Obama in Turkey, feigned convergence with Moscow and hoping to give it a gate sticking to Nabucco at the cost of Turkmenistan, daring challenge to Iran security, issued to win US favour, impudent paternalism toward Georgia visible in gas prices – here is the Azeri foreign policy’s true face.

The results of that policy are on our hands: like nervousness, Turkey feels to Azeri’s caprices, actually hindering the development of dialogue with Europe and U.S., danger sensed in Tehran, recalling the Ambassador from Baku after Shimon Peres’ visit, as well as the lawsuit filed by Turkmenistan realizing its factual robbery. Azerbaijan considering Georgia a corridor to Turkey, abuses it like its own territory.

Taking advantage of Moscow-Tbilisi bad terms, Azerbaijan could do nothing but palming off Georgia the energy careers at prices higher than to Russia. In addition, preserving complete liberty of actions in Kvemo Kartli, delivery of Azerbaijani literature there and smuggling backing etc. Saakashvili’s last visit to Armenia proved Georgian authorities reluctance to keep on standing this further and pursue more prudent policy with Yerevan.

As for Moscow, it discovered Azerbaijani mean ‘wiles’ long ago. GUAM member-country tends to win Moscow’s favor in Karabakh conflict settlement only for 500 mln c.m. of gas a year. It is no longer a bait to be swallowed by Kremlin.

Hence, Azerbaijan losing confidence in Turkey and Georgia kept down by Ashgabat lawsuits from Caspian Sea, while living in hindsight Iran, slowly but persistently moves towards its isolation. As regards the border with Armenia, that Azerbaijan year after year makes a full front line, purveying more armament, it will eventually become the main and completely inaccessible isolation line of Azerbaijan.