RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY HOPES THAT ARMENIA AND TURKEY WILL BE ABLE TO OVERCOME CURRENT OBSTACLES AND TO NORMALIZE THEIR RELATIONS

ArmInfo
2010-04-24 11:06:00

ArmInfo. At the current stage Armenia and Turkey have failed to
achieve a result that would allow them to restore their relations and,
thereby, to improve political atmosphere and to foster stability in
the South Caucasus, says Andrey Nesterenko, official representative
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

"In his TV address on Apr 22 Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said
that the Armenian-Turkish rapprochement talks had come to a deadlock.

However, he noted that Armenia had just suspended the ratification
process and was not withdrawing its signatures from the protocols.

Thus, there still is a prospect for normalization. We hope that the
two states will be able to overcome the current obstacles and will
create conditions for their rapprochement – something that will
benefit all the countries of the region," says Nesterenko.