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    AzerNews Weekly, Azerbaijan
    Jan 14 2010

    Putin says no link between Garabagh and Turkey-Armenia ties

    14-01-2010 06:31:31

    Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said linking the
    Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Upper Garabagh and the issue of
    normalizing Turkey-Armenia relations is inappropriate.
    Putin made the statement at a news conference after hosting his
    Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, adding that
    Russia was ready to facilitate the solution of both issues.
    `If we take into account that the Upper Garabagh and Turkey-Armenia
    problems are complicated issues as they are, I don't think it would be
    right to combine them into the same package,' he said.
    The Russian prime minister said solving either problem separately is
    already a daunting task. `If we put everything together, the prospect
    of solving the issue will automatically become very distant.'
    Putin added that linking Garabagh settlement with Ankara-Yerevan
    normalization would be unsuitable `from the tactical and strategic
    viewpoints.'
    Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in conflict for nearly two
    decades. Russia co-chairs the OSCE Minsk Group brokering the peace
    process, along with the United States and France.*
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