YEREVAN, AUGUST 23, ARMENPRESS: The New Anatolian Magazine in Turkey quoted an unnamed diplomatic source as saying that Ankara is awaiting the outcome of Armenian-Azerbaijani talks over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict to decide whether to start the process of normalization of relations with Yerevan or not.
The magazine said Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders are expected to make progress in the conflict regulation efforts and agree on a proposal envisaging the withdrawal of Armenian troops from five of 7 Azeri regions, controlled by Armenian troops, while the status of Karabakh will be decided in a referendum within next 15 years. The magazine said Turkish officials were pondering over lifting Armenia’s transport blockade after Armenian troops pulled out of the occupied regions. It also said Armenian occupation of Azeri territories was one of the main obstacle to normalization of ties between Yerevan and Ankara.
“Though Armenian authorities implicated recently that they were ready to give its foreign policy line for recognition of so-called genocide allegations, special ties between Azerbaijan and Turkey are hindering Turkish government to open its borders with Armenia unless a solution is found to the Karabakh dispute,” the New Anatolian said.
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