ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY: TURKEY CANNOT BE A MEDIATOR IN KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS
ArmInfo
2009-11-09 18:15:00
ArmInfo. Not only Armenia, but also the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair
countries pointed out that Turkey cannot be a co-chair of the OSCE
Minsk Group, Head of Media Relations Division of the Armenian Foreign
Ministry Tigran Balayan told ArmInfo correspondent when commenting
on Head of Turkish Delegation to OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Aladdin
Buyukkaya’s statement that Armenia would not allegedly oppose Turkey’s
co-chairmanship in OSCE MG.
Tigran Balayan qualified this statement as marasmus. "Our stance
is unambiguous. Turkey cannot be a mediator in the Karabakh peace
process, therefore such statements are simply absurd and ridiculous",-
Balayan said.
Furthermore, commenting on the Turkish parliamentarian’s statement
that allegedly "Armenia has informally agreed to withdraw Azerbaijani
occupied territories", Balayan stressed: "Only the issue of the
Nagorno-Karabakh status is being discussed".