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    PanoramaAm: Removing Sanctions Against Iran to Have Unfavorable Influence on Turkey and Azerbaijan

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Summary

PanoramaAm looks at the complicated situation with the current U.S. sanctions on Iran & how the removal of those sanctions could affect Turkey & Azerbaijan

by: Erica Mills

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PanoramaAm: Removing Sanctions Against Iran to Have Unfavorable Influence on Turkey and Azerbaijan

Geopolitically, the success of Lausanne agreements may lead to further rapprochement of Iran with the West and an increase of its geopolitical role in the region. Moreover, the strengthening of the geopolitical role of Iran may significantly undermine the geo-economic importance of Azerbaijan,” an article published on Azerbaijani media outlet Haqqin.az reads.

With the global standoff between Russia and the West, Azerbaijan was viewed as an alternative transit country for energy resources, particularly, for exporting gas from Turkmenistan to Europe. However, that was only in the format of realizing the project TAP. The global players hurried to give up Azerbaijan’s supply last year because of the fantastical undertaking of constructing Nabucco. Everyone understood that there was nothing to fill the pipe with, the article reads.

Read the dull article HERE.