Particularly in the latter, Turkey has strong strategic, economic and environmental motivations for supporting the proposed Baku-Ceyhan main export pipeline. And in addition to their political and economic interests, there are strong cultural and linguistic ties between Turkey and Azerbaijan. And some of those interests might well conflict with Azerbaijan's own objectives of a prosperous future and a well-secured political and economic independence. From the perspective of Azerbaijan, the record of the past years shows commercial interests can consolidate political interests and drive them toward agreement. Azerbaijan has enormous economic potential that can be utilized for the benefit of Azerbaijan and any other country seeking to nurture from it.
Economic incentives can create avenues of cooperation.
Development of Azerbaijan's energy resources and transportation of the crude oil to the world market can be a backbone of regional cooperation. Multiple routes of pipelines can channel through the entire region into multiple routes of cooperation. Vision, respect for other's sovereign rights and willingness to cooperate will secure a future full of promise. Cooperation will override the history of rivalry in the Caucasus and lift this region onto a new, unprecedented level of development. While Azerbaijan will be an engine of this development, Azeri oil and that of the Caspian will be its fuel.