news.am, Armenia
Dec 5 2009
Erdogan wrangles with Obama: Nikoyan
17:19 / 12/05/2009Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
repeatedly indicates the linkage between Armenia-Turkey reconciliation
and NKR conflict resolution, RA NA Vice Speaker and RPA member Samvel
Nikoyan informed NEWS.am.
Outlining there is no provision on the linkage of the two processes in
Armenia-Turkey Protocols, Nikoyan said that Erdogan’s statement at the
meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama is just an attempt to sell
Armenia-Turkey border opening dearly". `It looks like a bargain and
Erdogan tries to bail out of the situation with huge profit,’ Nikoyan
noted.
As NEWS.am reported previously, Turkish Premier said in an interview
with ANS channel: `Turkey informed American representatives from the
outset that if they settle Karabakh conflict, it will normalize also
Armenia-Turkey relations. Otherwise you cannot solve it.
Armenian-Turkish issue is linked with NKR conflict. I declared
expressly this to Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev and they replied
that will accelerate the process.’