Nabucco political pawn for Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is trying to cash in politically on its role as the main gas supplier in the EU's Nabucco pipeline project, concludes the news magazine Tema: "Until recently Azerbaijan was considered a secure main supplier for the Nabucco gas project. Now, however, Azerbaijani political expert Rasim Musambekov has commented: 'The Europeans are pressuring Azerbaijan to take part in Nabucco. But we won't obey them at any cost simply to please Europe.' The political price for Nabucco has been precisely calculated. The Azerbaijani want nothing more and nothing less than Europe's backing in resolving the so-called Karabakh Mountain Conflict with Armenia. ... This raises the question of whether Washington and Brussels are prepared to officially take sides with Azerbaijan just because Armenia has neither gas nor oil reserves."

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