Oil-driven policy

While great-powers' policy vis-a-vis Iraq and oil is well-known, Britain is being blamed for letting oil be the deciding factor in its policy towards Armenia and Azerbaijan.

In this article (Via Groong), an aid to Robert Kocharyan complains about the recent Council of Europe report on Karabakh.

"British Petroleum's influence on British foreign policy is very obvious," Isagulian told reporters, referring to BP's pivotal role in the multibillion-dollar Azerbaijani oil projects. "They are solely concerned with controlling oil reserves. This is what English policy is all about. Only Baku's oil matters to the British."

Posted by Matt on September 30, 2004 | TrackBack | Email to a friend