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Aug 14 2010
Turkey should think of other problems, ARFD
August 14, 2010 | 16:00
Turkey is occasionally trying to interfere in the Karabakh peace
process and influence the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, the Chairman of
RA NA Standing Committee on Defense, National Security and Internal
Affairs and ARFD member Hrayr Karapetyan told NEWS.am.
Hrayr Karapetyan labels Turkish President Abdullah Gul's statement as
a continuation of Ilham Aliyev's words. Earlier Gul stated that the
Minsk Group failed to achieve concrete results in the Karabakh peace
process within 18 years and called Co-Chairs' regional visits `tourist
trips'.
Turkey and Azerbaijan do not want to accept that unilateral
negotiations held by the Azerbaijani side are the reason for Minsk
Group's failure, he noted. Azerbaijan demands for unilateral
concessions, not taking on any commitments itself. According to him,
Minsk Group should remain the only international organization involved
in the Karabakh peace process, whereas Gul's accusations pursue an
objective to compromise Minsk Group's activities and shift the blame
onto Armenia.
The MP also commented on Gul's assertion that Armenia should resolve
the Karabakh issue to establish normal relations in the region. `I
think that Turkey should first think about the problems depending on
country's policy and then offer ways to tackle problems concerning a
third country. Turkey has to think about its responsibility and
undertake relevant steps - end Armenia's blockade, open the
Armenian-Turkish border and only after that it can speak of Karabakh.
It is clear that all Transcaucasian problems cannot be solved
simultaneously,' he stressed.
The ARFD member emphasized that at present the Azerbaijani-Turkish duo
is ready neither to settle the Karabakh conflict, nor normalize the
Armenian-Turkish relations.
From: A. Papazian
Aug 14 2010
Turkey should think of other problems, ARFD
August 14, 2010 | 16:00
Turkey is occasionally trying to interfere in the Karabakh peace
process and influence the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, the Chairman of
RA NA Standing Committee on Defense, National Security and Internal
Affairs and ARFD member Hrayr Karapetyan told NEWS.am.
Hrayr Karapetyan labels Turkish President Abdullah Gul's statement as
a continuation of Ilham Aliyev's words. Earlier Gul stated that the
Minsk Group failed to achieve concrete results in the Karabakh peace
process within 18 years and called Co-Chairs' regional visits `tourist
trips'.
Turkey and Azerbaijan do not want to accept that unilateral
negotiations held by the Azerbaijani side are the reason for Minsk
Group's failure, he noted. Azerbaijan demands for unilateral
concessions, not taking on any commitments itself. According to him,
Minsk Group should remain the only international organization involved
in the Karabakh peace process, whereas Gul's accusations pursue an
objective to compromise Minsk Group's activities and shift the blame
onto Armenia.
The MP also commented on Gul's assertion that Armenia should resolve
the Karabakh issue to establish normal relations in the region. `I
think that Turkey should first think about the problems depending on
country's policy and then offer ways to tackle problems concerning a
third country. Turkey has to think about its responsibility and
undertake relevant steps - end Armenia's blockade, open the
Armenian-Turkish border and only after that it can speak of Karabakh.
It is clear that all Transcaucasian problems cannot be solved
simultaneously,' he stressed.
The ARFD member emphasized that at present the Azerbaijani-Turkish duo
is ready neither to settle the Karabakh conflict, nor normalize the
Armenian-Turkish relations.
From: A. Papazian