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TURKISH EXPERT ON POSSIBLE TURKEY-RUSSIA-ARMENIA MEETING ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
Today
http://www.today.az/news/politics/68951.html
May 31 2010
Azerbaijan
"Negotiations between Prime Ministers of Russia and Turkey Vladimir
Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
on the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh is still possible," Director of the
Turkey-based Center for International Relations and Strategic Analysis
(TURKSAM) Sinan Ogan said.
"At present, preparations for this meeting are underway. But they
have not been able yet to persuade Serzh Sargsyan to participate in
this meeting," he said.
"In recent days, Sargsyan has made sharper statements and threats. It
is no accidental. Sargsyan does not want to attend this meeting,
because in this case Turkey's linkage of the Karabakh conflict
settlement with will become more visible. In this regard, Ankara has
put pressure on Moscow and, Moscow, in turn, on Yerevan," the TURKSAM
Director explained.
"I never said that the meeting will certainly be held. Besides, this
is a diplomatic process. It is likely to take place. But lately,
Sargsyan has been trying to stall this process by harsh statements
because Armenia wants world parliaments to take decisions against
Turkey until 2015, one hundred years after the resettlement of
Armenians," Ogan noted.
According to the Turkish expert, if the Karabakh conflict is resolved,
Armenian-Turkish border will reopen.
"If this happens, the century-old strategy of Armenia will be failure
and the parliaments of Western countries will no longer adopt bills
on the far-fetched "Armenian genocide "against Turkey. Armenia
does not want this happen. For this reason, it does not want to any
serious steps towards resolving the Karabakh conflict till 2015,"
Ogan pointed out.
From: A. Papazian
Today
http://www.today.az/news/politics/68951.html
May 31 2010
Azerbaijan
"Negotiations between Prime Ministers of Russia and Turkey Vladimir
Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
on the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh is still possible," Director of the
Turkey-based Center for International Relations and Strategic Analysis
(TURKSAM) Sinan Ogan said.
"At present, preparations for this meeting are underway. But they
have not been able yet to persuade Serzh Sargsyan to participate in
this meeting," he said.
"In recent days, Sargsyan has made sharper statements and threats. It
is no accidental. Sargsyan does not want to attend this meeting,
because in this case Turkey's linkage of the Karabakh conflict
settlement with will become more visible. In this regard, Ankara has
put pressure on Moscow and, Moscow, in turn, on Yerevan," the TURKSAM
Director explained.
"I never said that the meeting will certainly be held. Besides, this
is a diplomatic process. It is likely to take place. But lately,
Sargsyan has been trying to stall this process by harsh statements
because Armenia wants world parliaments to take decisions against
Turkey until 2015, one hundred years after the resettlement of
Armenians," Ogan noted.
According to the Turkish expert, if the Karabakh conflict is resolved,
Armenian-Turkish border will reopen.
"If this happens, the century-old strategy of Armenia will be failure
and the parliaments of Western countries will no longer adopt bills
on the far-fetched "Armenian genocide "against Turkey. Armenia
does not want this happen. For this reason, it does not want to any
serious steps towards resolving the Karabakh conflict till 2015,"
Ogan pointed out.
From: A. Papazian