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France’s Assessment of Turkey’s Policy in the South Caucasus
Implications for the EU
French policy in the South Caucasus is driven more by distinct bilateral relationships – with Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia – than by any coherent regional vision. Due to its special ties with Armenia and its tensions with Azerbaijan, France’s approach to these two countries is bilateral and not part of a common EU diplomacy. Its relations with Georgia are closer to those of its EU partners. While France observes Turkey’s growing role in the region with concern, their relationship here is less conflictual than in other areas, such as the Eastern Mediterranean