ArmInfo.Without Yerevan's consent, Ankara's desire to be actively involved in the Karabakh settlement process will remain at the desire level. The MP from the Prosperous Armenia faction Arman Abovyan stated this from the rostrum of the parliament.
Yesterday, after meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu touched upon the Karabakh conflict on his Twitter microblog page and made his advice on resolving the conflict. The Armenian Foreign Ministry has already responded to this record, noting that as long as Turkey takes a pro-Azerbaijani position, there can be no talk of its active involvement in the Karabakh settlement process.
"Turkish President Recep Erdogan has been constantly making anti-Armenian statements lately, and it is obvious that Ankara is doing everything possible to be involved in the Karabakh settlement process. But without Yerevan's consent, Ankara's desire to integrate into the process will remain at the desire level. But we need to calculate the possible steps of Turkey. Since, taking into account the situation in the region, I do not exclude that Ankara will try to take certain steps in the direction of Artsakh, "Abovyan concluded.
As ArmInfo previously reported, the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Popov (Russian Federation), Stefan Visconti (France), Andrew Schaefer (USA) and the personal representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk paid a visit to Turkey. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met with the co-chairs and Andrzej Kasprzyk. Mevlut Cavusoglu said during a meeting with mediators that the OSCE Minsk Group should act more actively to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Minister noted that the conflict should be resolved on the basis of sovereignty and within the internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan reacting to a message about a meeting of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, in particular, quoted the chapter from the New Testament. "Mevlut Cavusoglu's advise to OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs on Nagorno Karabakh conflict invites reflection on Luke 4:23 – "Physician, heal thyself".