KARABAKH CONFLICT SERIOUS OBSTACLE IN ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS
PanARMENIAN.Net
27.11.2006 14:48 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Nagorno Karabakh conflict is a serious obstacle
to the establishment of relations with Turkey, Armenian Foreign
Minister Vartan Oskanian told France Press. "Close relationships
between Turkey and Azerbaijan works against Ankara, since it undermines
Turkey’s authority in the region and its intention to become a
bridge between East and West," the Minister said adding that it’s
inadmissible to draw parallels between Nagorno Karabakh and Northern
Cyprus, since the former appeared as result of the USSR decline and
the latter -on the territory of a UN member state. Remarking that both
Armenia and Cyprus see a number of obstacles to Turkey’s accession to
the EU the Minister refuted the hearsay that the two states operate
against Turkey. "The purpose of the President’s visit to Cyprus is
to encourage economic ties. We have many topics to discuss but we do
not unite against other states," Vartan Oskanian said, reports RFE/RL.