TURKEY TRIES TO SHIFT OSCE MINSK GROUP FORMAT AND HAVE ROLE IN KARABAKH PROCESS
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March 27, 2012 | 11:46
YEREVAN.- Azerbaijan does not want to yield on Nagorno-Karabakh peace
process due to Turkish lobby, expert Aristakes Simavoryan told the
journalists on Tuesday commenting on the meeting of the U.S. President
Obama and Turkish PM Erdogan in Seoul.
Azerbaijan’s radical position and anti-Armenian statements by the
authorities are conditioned by Turkey’s support, claiming for many
years the ineffectiveness of the OSCE Minsk Group.
Erdogan again spoke about the MG ineffectiveness during the meeting
with Obama. He also called the U.S. leader to refrain from considering
the Armenian Genocide bill every year on the threshold of the April 24
[Armenians mark the memory of the Genocide victims].
Anyway, Simavoryan stressed that Turkey’s positions have weakened
due to the lack of Israeli lobby support in the U.S. Congress.
“In addition, many people consider that losing 7 regions [to Armenians]
was conditioned by the Turkey’s inaction in 1992-1993.
Turkey has been trying to settle the issue since then not only by
trying to shift a format but also have a role in it. It will be
difficult for Turkey, as a neighboring Iran is not a part of talks,
but it is not just an observer too,” the expert said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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