CONNECTING ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS WITH KARABAKH SETTLEMENT IS VERY WRONG, SAYS RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY
Tert
Oct 26 2009
Armenia
"It’s very wrong to connect Armenian-Turkish relations together with
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Ambassador of the Russian
Federation to Turkey Vladimir Ivanovskiy stated in his interview to
Russian paper Radikal, reports Turkish news source ANS Press.
"Russia truly supports the settlement of Armenian-Turkish relations,"
the ambassador stated.
"After last year’s well-known events in Georgia, when I visited
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry, I noticed it’s a very suitable period
to establish relations between the two countries," Ivanovskiy said,
stating at the same time, that Russia, as well as Turkey, seeks the
establishment of stability in the Caucasus region.
According to the ambassador, Russia’s relations with both Armenia
and Azerbaijan are very deep and strong.
Touching upon the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, the ambassador stated
the resolution of this issue is very important for and necessary to
Turkey: "The establishment of stability in the Caucasus is also in
our interests, since it will have a positive impact on Kazakhstan
and Chechnya issues."
At the same time, Iavanovskiy emphasized that connecting the settlement
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and establishment of Armenian-Turkish
relations is very wrong.