MOSCOW. – Israel will not recognize the Armenian genocide and the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, analyst at the St. Petersburg Center for Middle East Studies and professor at the International Affairs Department of St. Petersburg University Aleksander Sotnichenko said at the interview with 1news.az.

“I not believe that Turkish-Israeli relations will break down completely,” the expert said regarding the report that deterioration of Turkish-Israeli relations will contribute to the improvement of the relations between Tel-Aviv and Yerevan.

Those relations have been established long ago and currently we witness their reformation. Ankara operates actively in the Middle East and desires to strengthen its regional power including the Arab states, Sotnichenko stated.

He also added that serious reformation of Israeli-Azerbaijani relations is inadmissible. Azerbaijan and Turkey are different states. Moreover, Turkey will hardly press on Azerbaijan. Anyway, relations between Ankara and Tel-Aviv will regulate, being somewhat different. 

The expert believes that many international powers will try to be mediators between Turkey and Israel. In particular, Barack Obama has already stated about the readiness to reconcile both sides. UN will not recognize Palestine, while Turkey would like the contrary.  However, Ankara only raises its influence on Arab states with this step. Political scientist does not consider there are serious disagreements between Ankara and Tel-Aviv after all.