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Erdogan removes his country from regional processes, Armenian
presidential spokesman
YEREVAN, September 4. / ARKA /. By saying during a visit to Baku that
Turkish-Armenian relations would not be normalized until a resolution
to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that would be beneficial for
Azerbaijan Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has in fact removed
his country from regional processes, Arman Saghatelyan, a spokesman
for Armenian president, said in his Twitter page.
Calling Turkey and Azerbaijan "two nations from one stem" Erdogan said
in Baku that Azerbaijan's rights should be taken into consideration
when discussing a resolution to the Karabakh conflict. He reassured
Aliyev that "if the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia is
resolved, then the problems between Turkey and Armenia will also be
solved."
Late last month Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan invited Turkish
president to take part in the commemoration of the 100th anniversary
of the 1915 Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire. The invitation
was handed by Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan who attended
Erdogan's inauguration ceremony in Ankara.
"During the reception given after the ceremony in the honor of the
heads of delegations, minister Nalbandyan had a short conversation
with president Erdogan and handed him over the official invitation of
the president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan to attend the Remembrance
Ceremony, dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide that will
take place in Yerevan on April 24, 2015," the Armenian foreign
ministry said in a statement.
In total, over 1.5 million Armenians were killed in Turkey during the
World War I. Turkey, the successor state of the Ottoman Empire,
refuses to recognize the Armenian Genocide. No diplomatic relations
exist between Turkey and Armenia, and the Turkish-Armenian border has
been closed since 1993.
Relations between the two countries deteriorated following the
escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as Turkey openly supports
Azerbaijan's position in the dispute. In 2008, the Armenian president
initiated the process of establishing diplomatic relations between the
two countries.
In 2009, the "Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations
between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Armenia" was signed
by Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers in the Swiss city of Zurich.
The same year, Erdogan froze the agreement and made it clear that
Ankara would not establish diplomatic relations with Yerevan and open
its borders until the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict -0-
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presidential spokesman
YEREVAN, September 4. / ARKA /. By saying during a visit to Baku that
Turkish-Armenian relations would not be normalized until a resolution
to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that would be beneficial for
Azerbaijan Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has in fact removed
his country from regional processes, Arman Saghatelyan, a spokesman
for Armenian president, said in his Twitter page.
Calling Turkey and Azerbaijan "two nations from one stem" Erdogan said
in Baku that Azerbaijan's rights should be taken into consideration
when discussing a resolution to the Karabakh conflict. He reassured
Aliyev that "if the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia is
resolved, then the problems between Turkey and Armenia will also be
solved."
Late last month Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan invited Turkish
president to take part in the commemoration of the 100th anniversary
of the 1915 Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire. The invitation
was handed by Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan who attended
Erdogan's inauguration ceremony in Ankara.
"During the reception given after the ceremony in the honor of the
heads of delegations, minister Nalbandyan had a short conversation
with president Erdogan and handed him over the official invitation of
the president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan to attend the Remembrance
Ceremony, dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide that will
take place in Yerevan on April 24, 2015," the Armenian foreign
ministry said in a statement.
In total, over 1.5 million Armenians were killed in Turkey during the
World War I. Turkey, the successor state of the Ottoman Empire,
refuses to recognize the Armenian Genocide. No diplomatic relations
exist between Turkey and Armenia, and the Turkish-Armenian border has
been closed since 1993.
Relations between the two countries deteriorated following the
escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as Turkey openly supports
Azerbaijan's position in the dispute. In 2008, the Armenian president
initiated the process of establishing diplomatic relations between the
two countries.
In 2009, the "Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations
between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Armenia" was signed
by Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers in the Swiss city of Zurich.
The same year, Erdogan froze the agreement and made it clear that
Ankara would not establish diplomatic relations with Yerevan and open
its borders until the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict -0-
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