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TURKISH FM REITERATES KARABAKH-RELATED PRECONDITION FOR NORMALIZATION WITH ARMENIA
http://armenianow.com/karabakh/52130/armenia_turkey_davutoglu_karabakh_condition
KARABAKH | 20.02.14 | 09:30
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has refuted reports suggesting
Turkey would soon open its borders with Armenia, reiterating the
precondition for normalization with Yerevan related to Karabakh.
"As long as the occupied lands are not free and the conflict between
Armenia and Azerbaijan is not solved in this frame, a complete
normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations is not possible. The
opening of borders is also an issue that should be seen in this frame,"
Davutoglu said while attending the annual Turkey-Azerbaijan-Georgia
tripartite meeting in the Azerbaijani city of Ganja, reports the
Hurriyet Daily News.
Armenia and Turkey signed diplomatic protocols on establishing
diplomatic relations and opening the currently closed border still
in 2009, but the deal has not been ratified in either country's
parliament as Ankara began to advance conditions to Yerevan regarding
the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that would be in
favor of Turkey's regional ally Azerbaijan.
>From the very beginning Armenia has insisted on an unconditional
normalization of relations with Turkey and has accused the latter of
torpedoing the rapprochement process by setting preconditions.
http://armenianow.com/karabakh/52130/armenia_turkey_davutoglu_karabakh_condition
KARABAKH | 20.02.14 | 09:30
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has refuted reports suggesting
Turkey would soon open its borders with Armenia, reiterating the
precondition for normalization with Yerevan related to Karabakh.
"As long as the occupied lands are not free and the conflict between
Armenia and Azerbaijan is not solved in this frame, a complete
normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations is not possible. The
opening of borders is also an issue that should be seen in this frame,"
Davutoglu said while attending the annual Turkey-Azerbaijan-Georgia
tripartite meeting in the Azerbaijani city of Ganja, reports the
Hurriyet Daily News.
Armenia and Turkey signed diplomatic protocols on establishing
diplomatic relations and opening the currently closed border still
in 2009, but the deal has not been ratified in either country's
parliament as Ankara began to advance conditions to Yerevan regarding
the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that would be in
favor of Turkey's regional ally Azerbaijan.
>From the very beginning Armenia has insisted on an unconditional
normalization of relations with Turkey and has accused the latter of
torpedoing the rapprochement process by setting preconditions.