TURKEY MEDIATES IN KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS: KARAPETYAN

Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
Oct 22 2009
Armenia

Turkey took a stance of mediator in Karabakh conflict settlement
along with OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, ANC Foreign Relations
coordinator Vladimir Karapetyan told journalists at the October 22
press-conference.

According to him, Ankara had never been obviously involved throughout
the conflict history. "Turks spoke little of Karabakh, while today
Ankara discusses the issue with everyone, including great power
leaders," he underlined, saying that Armenian side gave them a chance
to do so.

Karapetyan considers that it started after the intensification of
Armenia-Turkey talks, in particular when RA President made a statement
in Moscow and agreed to create sub-commission of historians. The ANC
coordinator pointed out that Ankara took advantage of that opportunity
and uses today Armenia-Turkey reconciliation for Karabakh conflict
settlement.

Speaking of Armenian side keeping on asserting that the Protocols do
not contain provisions indicating the linkage between two processes,
Karapetyan said that they should not necessarily say it baldly.

According to him, one should just listen attentively what Turkish
officials say, whereas they speak directly of Karabakh.