“I do not find the Turkish-Israeli relations to be so much aggravated,” the political analyst Yervand Bozoyan told NEWS.am. “Israel is maintaining rather close ties with the Turkish army and elite, on the whole with the parties following the secular principles of Ataturk,” the expert said.

The other day Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutpglu stated that the Turkish-Israeli relations will improve if the Gaza tragedy ends.

According to Bozoyan, Israel’s general attitude to individual forces in Turkey is “rather cool.” “However, Israel is well aware of Turkey’s role and doing its best to maintain friendly relations with her. I think there is a ‘red line’ Israel will never cross in its relations with Turkey.”

Simultaneously with aggravating its relations with Turkey, Israel is developing relations with Azerbaijan, which may affect the Turkish-Azerbaijani strategic relations. Commenting on this opinion, Bozoyan said: “I would not emphasize the matter, as Turkey and Azerbaijan are strategic allies and fraternal states. As to Israel, it has always maintained good relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan. These relations may have been better or worse one time. By the highest standards, they will never reach a level that would allow one to say: good relations with Azerbaijan and bad with Turkey may result in discrepancy. I do not think any serious discrepancies here.”