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    ANKARA, YEREVAN IN DIPLOMATIC DEADLOCK?

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/
    04.12.2009 18:38 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The timid thaw between Armenia and Turkey may
    turn into a diplomatic deadlock. Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu linked
    ratification of RA-Turkish Protocols with Nagorno Karabakh conflict,
    Russian "Izvestia" says in an article titled "Turkey Refuses to
    Reconcile with Armenia".

    "Agreements on normalizing ties aroused Baku's indignation. Turkish
    authorities insisted that opening of Armenian-Turkish border be
    preceded by 'resolution of Karabakh conflict'. Otherwise Turkey 'may
    lose' friendly Azerbaijan," says the Russian periodical. According to
    Natalia Ulchenko, Director of Russian NAS Oriental Studies Institute,
    Ankara's refusal to view the issue as such precondition may imply
    worsening of bilateral ties. "And that happens in a situation when
    Genocide recognition issue remains on the agenda. Another curious
    moment is that Turkey mostly links its future with a country which
    is an energy transit. Armenian-Turkish deal immediately gave way to
    Baku's demarche. But this was the time when Azerbaijan and Russia
    entered into a gas supply agreement. Baku's reorientation to Moscow
    as energy resource transit is extremely undesirable for Turkey,"
    Russian expert stressed.
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