Mikheil Saakashvili’s defeat at the parliamentary elections in Georgia can entail certain regional changes, namely, with regard to the relations between Georgia and Azerbaijan, and further maybe between Georgia and Turkey.

The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group are going to visit the region following the meeting between foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. According to the OSCE MG French co-chair Jacques Faure, this is almost settled, and the negotiations are due to be held in the nearest future.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statement on the need to reform the UN over its failure to tackle the situation in Syria was shortly followed by certain moves. Bypassing the international law and any legislation whatsoever, Turkey reserved the right to down and search the planes of third countries heading for Syria. In addition, this is done openly, without any hints on potential danger for Ankara.

British Petroleum (BP) has joined the list of “ill-wishers”, or even enemies or Ilham Aliyev and the whole independent Azerbaijan. Aliyev accused the company of drastic reduction of oil production in Caspian shelf Azeri and Chirag oil fields.

Sooner or later, the secret is revealed, and hiding military facilities rumoured about all over the year is absolutely impossible. Reuters news agency finally published the “secret”: Azerbaijan hosts Israeli and U.S. military bases, to be used in case of attack against Iran.Azerbaijan has four ex-Soviet air bases that could be suitable for Israeli jets, namely the central Kyurdamir, Gyanja in the west and Nasosny and Gala in the east, Reuters said.

On September 28-29, Istanbul hosted the international “Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline: Challenges and Prospects for the Black Sea countries and the Balkans” conference, which brought together parliament members, diplomats, businessmen and experts from many countries, including the U.S., EU, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. The conference aimed to discuss the new project of Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline (TANAP).

The trouble of Azerbaijani propagandists lies in their lack of education or the habit to perceive various facts the way Baku does. A Moscow-based Rasim Huseynzade decided that Armenians have a major urge to adopt Islam, and set to spread loads of statements on this, with absolutely ridiculous arguments.

The “vague” three-day silence by Russian Foreign Ministry on Ramil Safarov’s extradition to Azerbaijan made the Armenian society doubt the sincerity of Moscow’s assurance on “strategic alliance and partnership”. It turned out that Russia’s Foreign Ministry waited for the statement of the OSCE Minsk Group to voice its own stance then.

The story with Ramil Safarov’s extradition once again proved the truth: anything can be bought. Petrodollars nullify any moral or even legal considerations. However, the most interesting part began after the jet, with Safarov on board, landed in Baku.

According to reliable sources in President Putin’s administration, Moscow seriously considers modifying its policy towards Azerbaijan. First sign came as the visit of the Russian presidential administration chief Sergey Ivanov to Baku was postponed. According to Azerbaijani media, Ivanov was expected to head the delegation participating in the third Azerbaijani-Russian interregional forum due on June 28 in Baku, but his visit to Azerbaijan was put off shortly before the event. The Russian delegation will now lead Gennady Khloponin, deputy prime minister of the Russian Federation. Furthermore, over 400 delegates were supposed to attend the forum, while now their number has been cut to 200.