In an interview the Turkish President said that only "people who think in a narrow scope and who lack strategic perspective consider Turkey's EU membership a burden"
Agreements on establishment of a Eurasian Economic Union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan were signed yesterday in Moscow. The Russian leader said "Some of our partners in the Eurasian Economic Community and the CIS are showing interest in this new integration organisation", but Medvedev warned about taking "hasty or excessive steps".
"The EU can help both sides engage with each other, prepare the ground for a solution, show the advantages of peace and of a peaceful Caucasus strongly connected to the EU".
The author says that the Minsk process is an instrument of diplomacy and not an article of faith and like any other instrument from time to time it needs sharpening.
On November 14, Acting Foreign Minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Vasily Atajanian received senior staff scientist on European and Eurasian issues of American Foreign Policy Council strategic center