Milliyet: Turkish diplomacy strives to facilitate rapprochement with Armenia
November 16, 2013 – 15:56 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – A foreign affairs analyst for Turkish newspaper
Milliyet commented on the prospects of the development of
Yerevan-Ankara ties in the context of the Azeri President Ilham
Aliyev’s visit to Turkey, Tert.am said.
“Ankara’s provides all-round assistance on Karabakh issue to
Azerbaijan; the latter, however, does not return the courtesy where
Cyprus is concerned,” Sami Cohen said.
According to the columnist, following the signing of rapprochement
protocols in Zurich 4 yeas ago, Turkey laid a Karabakh-related
precondition, though the document actually contained no mention of
Karabakh. However, the article said, Azerbaijan became highly
concerned over Turkey’s plans to establish diplomatic ties with
Armenia and open the border.
“Azeri stance prompted Erdogan to promise Baku no rapprochement with
Armenia will be launched unless Karabakh conflict is solved,” Cohen
said. “Thus, Baku concerns were abated, yet a chance for a
rapprochement with Armenia was lost.”
Should Karabah conflict be solved, there’ll be no impediment to
Yerevan-Ankara rapprochement. Yet no progress has been achieved for 20
years, the article said.
“OSCE Minsk Group is looking for a solution, yet fails to find it.
Under the circumstances, no normalization of ties with Armenia is
possible. Yet Turkish diplomacy is taking every effort to contribute
to the Karabakh conflict settlement through meetings with the OSCE MG
leadership,” the article said.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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