ARMENIA, TURKEY, KARABAKH

The Messenger
March 10 2010
Georgia

Armenian MP Vardan Khachatrian has suggested that ratifying the
Armenian-Turkish protocols in the Turkish Parliament could be delayed
by about 10 months. However Ankara will not withdraw from this process
totally because it is being put under political and economic pressure.

Khachatrian suggested that Yerevan should concentrate on normalising
relations with Turkey and not make a priority out of Karabakh conflict
issues. Combining these issues might result in unwelcome pressure
being applied by the international community to resolve the Karabakh
conflict.

Khachatrian thinks that removing Russian, US and French mediators and
replacing them with Russian, Iranian and Kazakh mediators will not
change much as Russia will still be the dominant player in resolving
the Karabakh conflict. He also says that it is impossible to officially
involve Iran in Karabakh conflict resolution issues.