LAVROV: ARMENIAN-TURKISH NORMALIZATION AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH SETTLEMENT SHOULD NOT BE LINKED

Panorama.am
14:02 14/01/2010

The Armenian-Turkish normalization and Nagorno-Karabakh settlement
processes should not be linked, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov told a press
conference in Yerevan today.

"It’s not correct to artificially interconnect the two processes. We
see no link between the two issues," he highlighted.

S. Lavrov also said, Russia backs the Armenian-Turkish normalization
process. "The sooner the two countries ratify the protocols, the
better for the region it will be," Russia’s FM said.

Panorama.am recalls that at the invitation of the Armenian FM Edward
Nalbandian, Russia’s Sergey Lavrov arrived in Yerevan Wednesday.