ANKARA, YEREVAN IN DIPLOMATIC DEADLOCK?

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
04.12.2009 18:38 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The timid thaw between Armenia and Turkey may
turn into a diplomatic deadlock. Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu linked
ratification of RA-Turkish Protocols with Nagorno Karabakh conflict,
Russian "Izvestia" says in an article titled "Turkey Refuses to
Reconcile with Armenia".

"Agreements on normalizing ties aroused Baku’s indignation. Turkish
authorities insisted that opening of Armenian-Turkish border be
preceded by ‘resolution of Karabakh conflict’. Otherwise Turkey ‘may
lose’ friendly Azerbaijan," says the Russian periodical. According to
Natalia Ulchenko, Director of Russian NAS Oriental Studies Institute,
Ankara’s refusal to view the issue as such precondition may imply
worsening of bilateral ties. "And that happens in a situation when
Genocide recognition issue remains on the agenda. Another curious
moment is that Turkey mostly links its future with a country which
is an energy transit. Armenian-Turkish deal immediately gave way to
Baku’s demarche. But this was the time when Azerbaijan and Russia
entered into a gas supply agreement. Baku’s reorientation to Moscow
as energy resource transit is extremely undesirable for Turkey,"
Russian expert stressed.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress