TURKEY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE KARABAKH SETTLEMENT, ARMENIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER STATED
Anna Nazaryan
"Radiolur"
11.06.2009 14:42
The latest statements of the political circles close to the Azerbaijani
President on the meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents
in St.
Petersburg on June 4 evidence that there are discrepancies in the
political elite of the country, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian told reporters during the joint press conference with his
Estonian counterpart Urmas Paet.
According to him, following the meeting in St. Petersburg the
Foreign Ministers met reporters and said that the meeting between the
Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan had passed in a constructive
atmosphere. "We declared that we were moving forward, and a new
meeting of Presidents was possible in the near future. The impression
presented by the Armenian and Azerbaijani Ministers was positive,"
Edward Nalbandian reminded.
According to him, the statements of the officials close to the
President of Azerbaijan create an impression that "the right hand
is unaware of what the left hand is doing" or there are certain
disagreements in those circles.
The Armenian Foreign Minister underlined that persons involved in the
settlement process advice not to pay attention to such statements,
because they are unserious. But when they grow from tendency into
pattern, we get further convinced that Azerbaijan is participating
in these negotiations for purposes other than reaching a result.
Commenting on Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davudoglu’s statement that
"the Turkish side is willing to normalize the relations with Armenia
as soon as possible," the Armenian Foreign Minister stated: "We have
repeatedly stated that Armenia is ready to normalize its relations
with Turkey without any preconditions. If the latest statement of
the Turkish Foreign Minister falls in that context, and if they are
ready to move in that direction, the statement can only be welcomed."
"Such statements should be welcomed, but when we differentiate
between the emotional and the rational, we should look who this
statement is addressed to: the Turkish society, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Washington, Moscow, Brussels or someone else. Turkish statements were
of completely different nature before Ahmet Davudoglu’s last speech,"
Edward Nalbandian said.
As for Davudoglu’s statement that the Presidents of Armenia and
Azerbaijan are going to meet in Italy soon, Mr. Nalbandian noted
that Turkey had nothing to do with the settlement of the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict.
"If it was involved in the process, it would know that the question
was not on the agenda," Minister Nalbandian concluded.
The Foreign Minister of Estonia, Urmas Paet, noted that Estonia was
interested in the deepening of relations with Armenia.=2 0The Minister
sees broad opportunities for cooperation.