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YEREVAN RULES OUT ANKARA'S MEDIATION OF KARABAKH CONFLICT
Interfax
Sept 4 2012
Russia
Turkey cannot act as a mediator in the Armenia-Azerbaijan talks over
resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis, Armenian Foreign Minister
Eduard Nalbandian said.
"Any mediation or attempts to mediate by Turkey in this issue is ruled
out," Nalbandian told a press conference held jointly with Argentine
Foreign Minister Hector Timerman in Yerevan on Tuesday.
In late August Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu expressed
Turkey's wish to host talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Istanbul.
"What does this proposal mean? That the numerous meetings held over
Nagorno-Karabakh in various countries and more recently in a number
of Russian cities failed to lead to the expected result just because
they were not held in Istanbul?" Nalbandian said.
Turkish mediation or attempts to mediate issues concerning its
neighbors "have never produced a positive result, but rather the
opposite," he said.
"It was stated on many occasions, including by our country, that
on this issue Turkey does not have a mediating role," the Armenian
foreign minister said.
Interfax
Sept 4 2012
Russia
Turkey cannot act as a mediator in the Armenia-Azerbaijan talks over
resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis, Armenian Foreign Minister
Eduard Nalbandian said.
"Any mediation or attempts to mediate by Turkey in this issue is ruled
out," Nalbandian told a press conference held jointly with Argentine
Foreign Minister Hector Timerman in Yerevan on Tuesday.
In late August Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu expressed
Turkey's wish to host talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Istanbul.
"What does this proposal mean? That the numerous meetings held over
Nagorno-Karabakh in various countries and more recently in a number
of Russian cities failed to lead to the expected result just because
they were not held in Istanbul?" Nalbandian said.
Turkish mediation or attempts to mediate issues concerning its
neighbors "have never produced a positive result, but rather the
opposite," he said.
"It was stated on many occasions, including by our country, that
on this issue Turkey does not have a mediating role," the Armenian
foreign minister said.