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May 23 2013
Expert: Turkey needs to be given important role in Minsk Group
Azerbaijan, Baku, 23 May / Trend, I. Izzet /
Turkey is ready to expand its role in the Minsk Group, and it is
necessary to assign a major role to the country. Despite the fact that
Turkey is one of 11 members of the Minsk Group, it is not yet a
co-chairman. Turkey must therefore either become one of the co-chair
countries or find another way to increase its responsibility, Director
of the Center for Eurasian Studies of Turkey (AVİM), former Turkish
ambassador to various countries, diplomat Alev Kilic told Trend.
According to Kilic, the current situation with the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict and the occupation of Azerbaijani territories are
unacceptable.
"It has been 20 years and this conflict has not been solved and is now
referred to as a "frozen conflict". However, it is clear that the OSCE
Minsk Group has failed to resolve the matter, and it is necessary to
return to work on the issue. For Turkey, it is clear that the events
can not go on this way. We think on how to increase effectiveness of
the Minsk Group. This problem hinders the development of cooperation
in the South Caucasus, the Black Sea Basin and Central Asia region,"
the expert said.
May 23 2013
Expert: Turkey needs to be given important role in Minsk Group
Azerbaijan, Baku, 23 May / Trend, I. Izzet /
Turkey is ready to expand its role in the Minsk Group, and it is
necessary to assign a major role to the country. Despite the fact that
Turkey is one of 11 members of the Minsk Group, it is not yet a
co-chairman. Turkey must therefore either become one of the co-chair
countries or find another way to increase its responsibility, Director
of the Center for Eurasian Studies of Turkey (AVİM), former Turkish
ambassador to various countries, diplomat Alev Kilic told Trend.
According to Kilic, the current situation with the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict and the occupation of Azerbaijani territories are
unacceptable.
"It has been 20 years and this conflict has not been solved and is now
referred to as a "frozen conflict". However, it is clear that the OSCE
Minsk Group has failed to resolve the matter, and it is necessary to
return to work on the issue. For Turkey, it is clear that the events
can not go on this way. We think on how to increase effectiveness of
the Minsk Group. This problem hinders the development of cooperation
in the South Caucasus, the Black Sea Basin and Central Asia region,"
the expert said.