EDWARD NALBANDIAN: "IF TURKEY WANTS THE SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT, IT SHOULD NOT INTERFERE IN THIS PROCESS"

APA
Dec 18 2009
Azerbaijan

Yerevan – APA. "If Turkey wants the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh
conflict, it should not interfere in this process", said Armenian
foreign minister Edward Nalbandian during the meeting with a group
of Turkish journalists, APA reports.

According to him, Turkey’s interference in Nagorno Karabakh issue does
not contribute to the regulation process, but impedes it: "The world
community including Armenia say that there is no connection between
Nagorno Karabakh conflict and Turkey-Armenia rapprochement. The OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairs stated over and over again that these are
two different processes with no links. Linking them threatens the
prospects of both processes".

Nalbandian also noted that official Ankara’s statements that Armenia
must demonstrate good will in the regulation process of the conflict
were groundless: "If there hadn’t been such will, so many meetings
between Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents wouldn’t have been held".

The foreign minister said the normalization of relations between
Armenia and Turkey would positively impact on the entire region,
including Azerbaijan: "All countries in the world, except Azerbaijan
welcomed the normalization between the two countries. Azerbaijan
cannot hide its emotions in this issue".