ANATOLIY BARONIN: RESULTS OF AZERBAIJAN ELECTION WERE PREDICTABLE

Baku, 17 0ctober ,(AzerTAj)“It was possible to predict results of election in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan registered a dynamic rise in the economic and social sector in comparison with other Caucasus nations over recent period.

President Ilham Aliyev managed to make his country a regional leader, and define a policy in the
Caucasus along with Turkey and Iran,” Komentarii.ru website quoted as saying
Anatoliy Baronin Director of the Da Vinci AG think tank. Fragmentation of
Azerbaijani oppositions diminishes its success chances, Baronin noted.
After South Ossetia events, Azerbaijan is a center of regional stability.
Undermining stability in this country plunges the whole Caucasus into the crisis.
According to him, West considers Azerbaijan as alternative to transportation of
Russian energy resource. Thanks to Ilham Aliyev`s policy, Azerbaijan`s importance to
Europe increased. US`s and Europe`s supporting Baku, first of all, is associated
with this country`s geostrategic importance and political course of Ilham Aliyev.
Therefore, Ilham Aliyev is Moscow`s reliable strategic partner