RUSSIA WON’T ALLOW TURKEY’S MEDIATION IN KARABAKH PROCESS

PanARMENIAN.Net
09.09.2008 18:53 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia will hardly trust Turkey, a pro-Azeri
country, as a mediator in the Karabakh process, Svante Cornell,
research director of the Stockholm Central Asia-Caucasus Institute,
told a PanARMENIAN.Net when commenting on Turkish President Gul’s
intention to mediate tensions between the Armenian and Azerbaijani
leaders.

"Besides, Russia, the Co-chair in the OSCE Minsk Group, wants to
maintain the format and will hardly allow Turkey into the process,"
he said.

Earlier, Gul said he intends to mediate tensions between Armenia
and Azerbaijan.

"I have enlisted support of my Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan
to arrange the meeting. And I am hopeful to receive consent from
Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev. I will meet with him soon to discuss
the details and will brief on the outcomes of my visit to Armenia,"
he said.

Today he said that the OSCE Minsk Group failed to produce effect
during 17 years of its mediation.

The Turkey-Armenia and Azerbaijan-Armenia issues are not only bilateral
but also territorial, according to him.

"The situation in the region has changed. Resolution of conflicts
will lead to political and economic stability," Gul said.