TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Jan 18 2008
Washington Calls on Turkey to Stabilize Relations with Armenia
18.01.08 13:14
Azerbaijan, Baku, 18 January / Trend corr. Ê.Ramazanova / Turkey
should stabilize its relations with Armenia, Matthew Bryza, the
United States Co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group, stated to journalists
during his visit to Baku on 18 January.
Turkey closed its borders with Armenia after demanding liberation of
the Azerbaijani occupied territories. Turkey does not recognize the
accusations by Armenia regarding the so-called Armenian genocide,
which was committed by the Ottoman Empire in 1915. `We should settle
the Nagorno-Karabakh issue,’ Bryza said.
Discussing the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, Bryza mentioned tackling the
Azerbaijani and Armenian positions in the negotiation process. `I
feel that has been both sides have been productive but there are
still problems to work over,’ Bryza noted.
No one may predict the results of negotiations before the
presidential elections in Armenia.