ERDOGAN: TURKISH-ARMENIAN RECONCILIATION IMPOSSIBLE BEFORE KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION

PanARMENIAN.Net
09.04.2009 12:30 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
it would be difficult to overcome problems between Turkey and Armenia
unless Nagorno Karabakh conflict is resolved.

"We hope that the United Nations Security Council will acknowledge
Armenia as an occupier and will urge it to withdraw troops Nagorno
Karabakh," he said.

"Turkey has proposed to form Caucasus Stability and Cooperation
Platform. But the dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia should
be resolved prior to our establishment of relations with Armenia,"
Erdogan said, Anatolian Agency reports.