ARMENIA SHOULDN’T HAVE INITIATED "FOOTBALL DIPLOMACY"
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.09.2009 19:01 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Although Protocols on normalization of
Armenian-Turkish ties do not contain any clause on Karabakh
issue, there are certain links between Kharabakh settlement and
Armenian-Turkish rapprochement, political scientist Yervan Bozoyan
told journalists in Yerevan. "Those processes are interrelated, and
during the upcoming 2-3 months, we’ll face superpowers’ increased
pressure on Karabakh peace process," expert stressed.
With regard to recently promulgated Protocols, Bozoyan characterized
them as the continuation of Armenian and Turkish Foreign Ministries’
joint statement made on August 23. "Yerevan and Ankara have been
conducting negotiations since 2007. Armenia shouldn’t have initiated
the ‘football diplomacy’ and reduced negotiation results to public
domain. Turkey finds Armenia very interested in opening border and
can now use that as a tool to get maximum support from Europe,"
Armenian expert said.
According to him, Ankara is simultaneously conducting imitation policy,
satisfying Baku’s interests in Karabakh conflict. "Hence, Turkey can
delay the process unless it faces mediators’ pressures with regard
to Karabakh settlement," Yervand Bozoyan said.