TURKEY NOT AUTHORIZED TO COME BETWEEN KARABAKH ISSUE

Aysor
Feb 5 2010
Armenia

The Center for Political Development Research (CPDR) has responded
to spokesperson for Turkey’s Foreign Ministry, Burak Ozugergin, who
said that "Turkey is the OSCE Minsk Group member, and no one can ask
why Turkey comes between the Karabakh issue and settlement."

"The OSCE Minsk Group members are: Belarus, Germany, Italy, Finland,
Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, and the co-chairmen’s countries.

Meanwhile the Minsk Group is not authorized to intervene in the
settlement to the Karabakh conflict," said in the statement by CPDR.

"The only authorized members to mediate the Karabakh issue are the
organization’s co-chairmanship represented by France, Russia, and
the United States.

"Another argument which rules out Turkey’s involvement in the
settlement to the Karabakh conflict is Turkey’s embargo against
Armenia. The blockade that Armenia has been facing since 1993 as
Turkey’s support and backing policy in favor of Azerbaijan — in
the context of Karabakh-Azerbaijan conflict — means that Turkey
completely helps Azerbaijan."