OPENING OF TURKISH-ARMENIAN BORDER MAY HAVE POSITIVE IMPACT ON SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT: OSCE MG RUSSIAN CO-CHAIR

ArmInfo
2009-04-02 11:21:00

ArmInfo. Opening of the Turkish-Armenian border may have positive
impact on settlement of the Karabakh conflict, OSCE MG Russian Co-chair
Yuri Merzlyakov told Trend.az.

The Russian Co-chair thinks that normalization of the relations is
already a positive fact and should contribute to stabilizing the
situation in the region, for Armenia will no longer feel itself
isolated. He disagreed with the opinion that Armenia may become
intractable at the negotiations for settlement of Karabakh conflict
if the Turkish-Armenian border is opened. Y.

Merzlyakov is sure that Armenia cannot stop negotiating since there
are still levers of influence on it. It is impossible to rely on
normalization of the situation in the region without thinking of
the whole region and not just of the bilateral Armenian- Azerbaijani
relations, he said.