Turkey, Russia holding closed-door discussions on Armenia
08.01.2010 13:25 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish President Abdullah Gul revealed Tuesday that
Turkey and Russia have been engaged in closed-door discussions
concerning Armenia since Ankara and Yerevan signed the Turkey-Armenia
protocols in October.

Gul made the revelation during an interview broadcast on CNN Turk. He
stated that `silent, yet very active diplomacy’ has been occurring
between Turkey and Russia, focusing on a political settlement of the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

`While we are raising the frozen conflicts, making the process open
would only complicate it,’ Gul told CNN Turk, explaining why details
of the discussions are being kept under wraps.

The protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of
the common border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich by
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish
counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of
diplomatic talks held through Swiss mediation.