TURKEY WILL NOT UNDERTAKE ANY INITIATIVES UNTIL PROGRESS IS REGISTERED IN NKR ISSUE
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
30.07.2009 16:02 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s statement that
he would attend the return match between the Armenian and Turkish
football teams only in case the border was open or the sides agree
on unblocking Armenia has a wide influence, Head of Turkish Centre
for International Relations & Strategic Analysis (TURKSAM), Sinan
Ogan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
"Will Turkey take any other steps after that statement? I don’t
think. I think it is for two reasons.
The first reason: Mr. Sargsyan had invited Abdullah Gul to Yerevan
for the football match and Turkish President Abdullah Gul went
to Yerevan without any precondition. This was a good will step to
solve the problems between two states. I have to underline that this
decision was a "risky decision" for Mr. Gul’s political career. However
Mr. Gul took that risk and went to Yerevan. Now conditions are same,
Mr. Gul invites Mr. Sargsyan for a football match. Therefore Turkey
will never accept any precondition.
The second reason is about Azerbaijan and NKR issue. As you know
a "road map" was signed between Turkey and Armenia which was not
declared to public. The aim of this step was normalization of bilateral
relations. The public response was great both on Turkey and Azerbaijan
sides to this process. Turkish and Azerbaijan publics are against
furthering relations without solving Nogorno Karabakh problem. Justice
and Development Party (AKP) is aware of this reaction. So if Nagorno
Karabakh issue has not progressed until the match, Turkey is not
expected to do any further initiatives," TURKSAM Head concluded.