Y. MERZLYAKOV: TURKEY’S POSITION IMPORTANT FOR KARABAKH SETTLEMENT

Pan Armenian News
29.06.2005 02:31

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Elmar Mamedyarov was right to say that agreement on
two points of the negotiation process has been achieved. I suppose
it was achieved on the basis of mutual concessions”, OSCE Minsk
Group Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakovstated, APA Azeri news agency
reports. When asked whether these agreements can be confirmed by
the Presidents he said, “If a definition admissible for both states
is set, I think there is such a possibility.” At the same time he
refrained from commenting on the details. When asked how the visit
of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Baku can tell on
the Turkish-Armenian relations, the Russian Co-Chair noted, “I always
supposed that Turkey’s position is important for the Karabakh conflict
settlement. The normalization of the Turkish-Armenian relations will
have a great impact on the situation in the region.” It should be
noted that when commenting on Elmar Mamedyarov’s statement Armenian
Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian stated that partial agreement was
achieved on one point only. “There are details we disagree on, but
I am convinced that they will be resolved and we will proceed to the
settlement of other issues”, the RA FM said.