TURKEY CAN BEGIN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH YEREVAN, YET BORDER WON’T BE OPENED UNLESS THERE’S IMPROVEMENT IN KARABAKH CONFLICT

PanARMENIAN.Net
21.10.2009 20:55 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Turkish Parliament can ratify the protocols
quickly, there is no harm for his, Aybars Gorgulu, an expert at
Sabanci University and Assistant Program Director of TESEV Foreign
Policy Program told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

"Turkey can even begin diplomatic relations after the signing and
ratification of the protocols, but the real question is when the
borders will be opened. I don’t think that the border will be opened
unless there is some improvement in Karabakh conflict. Armenian
officials do not link these two processes but all Turkish officials
have declared many times that Turkey will not open the borders without
any amelioration in the Karabakh stalemate. Now it’s the up to Russia,
USA and of course to the Minsk Group to convince both Azerbaijan and
Armenia to have a deal on the principles of Madrid Proposals. That’s
why the signature of the protocols will probably accelerate the NKR
conflict resolution talks," the expert concluded.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress