Friday, March 16, 2012

Lingering linkage: Turkey still makes its relations with Armenia conditional on Karabakh settlement

Turkey does not cease to link the normalization of its relations with Armenia to progress in the Karabakh settlement that would favor its regional ethnic cousin Azerbaijan. Despite the fact that world leaders have repeatedly called for an unconditional rapprochement, officials in Ankara keep making references to the conflict between its two Caucasus neighbors.

Turkey fully supports Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Bekir Bozdag told media in Baku earlier this week. "Until Armenia withdraws from Nagorno-Karabakh, until the rights of Azerbaijanis in the region are restored, Turkish-Armenian relations will not be normalized.

Armenian News

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