AZERBAIJAN MUST NOT INTERFERE WITH RA-TURKISH RELATIONS

PanARMENIAN.Net
20.10.2009 17:29 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The situation with Azerbaijan is rather funny. Baku
considers itself the main arbiter in RA-related issues, when, in
truth, it has no pertaining to them, MGIMO Caucasus Research Center
Deputy Director Vladimir Zakharov told PanARMENIAN. Net reporter,
commenting on Azerbaijan’s intention to discuss RA-Turkish protocols.

"We’re currently negotiating RA-Turkish relations, not RA-Azeri or
Azeri-Turkish ones, so Azerbaijan mustn’t interfere with the process,"
Zakharov said. He also characterized Azerbaijan’s protest against
RA -Turkish rapprochement as natural. Azerbaijan will only gain form
Armenia’s complete isolation, Zakharov said.

"Opening of RA-Turkish border is vital to Armenia, which can’t be
forever isolated," Zakharov noted adding that both Armenia and Turkey
will benefit from opening. "Azerbaijan will always be opposed to
rapprochement, never altering its position on NKR issue," Vladimir
Zakharov stated, emphasizing it’s NKR people who’re to come to final
solution on Karabakh status.