Trade deals between Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan should ease Kremlin concerns about Baku’s energy agreements with Europe, an Azeri scholar said. Elhur Soltanov, a foreign policy export at Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, told Turkish newspaper Hurriyet trilateral relations between Baku, Ankara and Moscow are a diplomatic success . “This interdependence, with all the interrelated energy and trade deals, eases Russia’s concerns over Azerbaijan’s energy deals,” he said Monday. A European economy fearful that conflict in Ukraine could jeopardize the gas supplies Russia sends through the former Soviet republic has looked to Azerbaijan as a source of energy security. Last week, the State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic announced it signed contracts in Turkey for the construction of the Trans-Anatolian natural gas pipeline . TANAP will transport natural gas from the Shah Deniz complex […]