Expert: Azerbaijan scares of the role of foothold for attacking Iran and is trying to distance from the West

Azerbaijan scares of the role of foothold for attacking Iran and is trying to distance from the West, political expert, Sarkis Asatryan, said at today's press-conference.

"Today Azerbaijan is watched like one of the footholds for the West and Israel in case of their possible operation against Iran. But Baku understands very well that Iran is able to deliver a serious strike upon Azerbaijan and is trying to distance from the West in a certain sense, as it understands its risky situation. Maybe, the last statements by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev about the British Petroleum were conditioned just by this fear", - Asatryan said.

He also added that Aliyev's attack on the British company may be also linked with an attempt to hide the sums wasted by his administration, as their making public, may cause serious unrest in the republic. The expert thinks that it may be also linked with decrease of the oil reserves in Azerbaijan.

"It is no secret that Azerbaijan is one of the biggest oil producing countries...However, according to experts, Azerbaijani oil reserves will be enough for not more than 20 years. Naturally, the British Petroleum cannot produce oil in an amount as Aliyev demands", - he said.

He also added that reduction of oil production in Azerbaijan may result in social outbreak in this republic and, as a result, Baku will lose one of its serious trump cards at the foreign policy front. Naturally, such weakening of Azerbaijan will play into the hands of Armenia.

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