Azerbaijan Increases Natural Gas Prices to Turkey
In a protest to Turkey's movement to open its borders and normalize it's relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan has decided to increase the price of natural gas it has been selling to Turkey.
In the last few weeks, especially after Obama's visit to Turkey, the Turkish government has been pushing forward to re-open its borders to Armenia, which had been closed in the early 90s. They have also sent a delegate to Yerevan to engage in diplomacy so that the two nations can normalize their shaky relations. This had drawn large protests from Azerbaijan. The people of Azerbaijan and the Azeri government believe that Turkey should not open its borders to Armenia until the Nagorno-Karabakh issue is resolved. Nagorno-Karabakh was a territory in Azerbaijan which Armenia wanted to claim in the early 90s. This led to a war between Armenia and Azerbaijan with Armenia gaining the upper hand after their control of former USSR weapons. Now the Nagorno-Karabakh region is a semi-autonomous state that only Armenia recognizes. This has created a "nation question" issue if you may, such as Cyprus, Tibet, and Northern Iraq. In a response to Turkey's actions before solving this issue, the Azeri government has upped prices of natural gas transfer to Turkey.
Personally I understand Azerbaijan's concerns. I think UN, Russia, and Turkey must do more to resolve this issue. But in this conflict and untrust that has gone for decades, I think making a compromise is the first step in a long term solution. I think Turkey moving to normalize relations with Armenia and opening borders will make the Armenian government more motivated to solve the issue in a proper way. If in over 10 years, facing off and never giving any compromise has not solved the solution, then maybe this time compromise can help both sides.
http://www.theyoungturks.com/story/2009/4/25/182636/005/Diary/Azerbaijan-Increases-Natural-Gas-Prices-to-Turkey
I reckon very shortly the tcs will be sold out from their bros...As I said before the day of reckoning is approaching at lightning speed...