ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SAYS TURKEY SHOULD NOT INTERFERE IN KARABAKH SETTLEMENT

Interfax
May 15 2009
Russia

Yerevan, 15 May: If Turkey wants to assist the peaceful resolution
of the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict, it should not get involved in the
settlement at all, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said at a meeting
with British Special Representative for the South Caucasus Brian Fall.

"The Armenian president stated that it was many times noted during
Armenian-Turkish contacts that any attempt by Turkey to interfere
in the Nagornyy Karabakh settlement would only damage the process,"
the Armenian presidential press service quoted Sargsyan as saying.

The United Kingdom assists the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group and
thinks that it is important to attain the Nagornyy Karabakh settlement
on the basis of international legal principles and norms, Fall said.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday [13
May during his Baku visit] that Turkey will open borders with Armenia
only after the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict is resolved.