ArmInfo. Erdogan s intention to topple Asad is just another regular evidence of geopolitical competition between Moscow and Ankara, Vagharshak Harutyunyan, the former Defense minister of Armenia, expressed his opinion to ArmInfo.
On November 29, Reccep Tayyip Erdogan stated that Turkey initiated a military operation in Syria to put an end to Bashar Asad's government. The joint operation of Turkish army with Syrian Free Army, entitled as Euphrates Schield is held to put an end to the cruel regime of Asad, which in essence a state terrorism. "For Kremlin, Erdogan's statement is somethingnew and it needs to be clarified". This statement, which in essence derives from all the previous, and from our understanding of the situation in the region where Russian Armed forces are the only power, whose presence in the region has a legitimate basis - I.e. the appropriate request of legitimate authorities. It is very important to remember that," Dmitri Peskov, Russian President's press Secretary
Harutyunyan mentioned also own suspicious position in respect to Turkey's statements to refuse from European vector of development up to quitting NATO membership and to join EEU. Accentuating Turkey's addiction to falsifications, he mentioned, that Turkey just tries to get from Russia as much as possible, and after to return to NATO. Within this, Moscow tries hard to isolate Turkey from NATO , and
Russia's intention to sell air defense systems to Turkey is pretty logical in this context. "Within this meaning, the military and technical cooperation is the best tool for Russia. Moreover, the S- 400 in not a limit for Russia any more, because the latest armament makes are never being sold. Russia has already developed S-500 and Moscow holds the negotiation on selling S-400 within the consideration of the factor mentioned. But, considering the technical possibilities of Russia, this deal will have much more political dividends. To note, Russia has similar military-technical cooperation with another NATO member - Greece."