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BAKU INVOLVEMENT LED YEREVAN, ANKARA TO STALEMATE -EXPERT
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 17, 2011 - 18:56 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A Southeast Europe scholar at the Woodrow Wilson
International Centre for Scholars is sceptical over the possibility
of opening Armenia-Turkey border till yearend.
"At present, Yerevan and Ankara are unready to solve the issue,
differing too much in their positions on rapprochement methods,"
Alexandros Petersen said.
"Were Azerbaijan involved in rapprochement talks, the opening of
borders would have positively affected the regional situation.
However, the U.S. administration conducted the rapprochement policy,
preferring not to involve the official Baku. It was the attempt to
involve Azeri administration at the last moment that led us to a
stalemate," 1news.az quoted the expert as saying.
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 17, 2011 - 18:56 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A Southeast Europe scholar at the Woodrow Wilson
International Centre for Scholars is sceptical over the possibility
of opening Armenia-Turkey border till yearend.
"At present, Yerevan and Ankara are unready to solve the issue,
differing too much in their positions on rapprochement methods,"
Alexandros Petersen said.
"Were Azerbaijan involved in rapprochement talks, the opening of
borders would have positively affected the regional situation.
However, the U.S. administration conducted the rapprochement policy,
preferring not to involve the official Baku. It was the attempt to
involve Azeri administration at the last moment that led us to a
stalemate," 1news.az quoted the expert as saying.