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    Karabakh issue not fundamental for Turkey - Armenian turkologist

    news.am
    December 08, 2012 | 11:33

    YEREVAN. - Even though there is nothing new in the statement by
    Turkey's FM Ahmet Davutoglu, there are diplomatic loopholes in it,
    Armenian capital city Yerevan State University Faculty of Oriental
    Studies Deputy Dean, turkologist Ruben Melkonyan told Armenian
    News-NEWS.am.

    In his words, Turkey makes such statements since the 1990s. `Davutoglu
    notes that if an Armenian-Azerbaijani agreement is reached - with
    respect to the [Nagorno-]Karabakh question - which will be convenient
    for Azerbaijan - or will be signed by it - , this will be acceptable for
    Turkey. That is, if an agreement that is not in Azerbaijan's interests
    is signed but Azerbaijan's signature is there, Turkey, as it had
    pledged, will regulate the diplomatic relations with Armenia,'
    Melkonyan stated.

    Also, the turkologist noted that in the given situation Karabakh's
    status matter is not as fundamental for Turkey as its wish to not
    discomfort Azerbaijan.

    As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, in an interview with Sabah
    daily, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also commented on the
    future of Armenian-Turkish ties.

    To the reporter's query as to whether any progress can be expected in
    these relations before 2015 - that is, on the 100th anniversary of the
    Armenian Genocide - , Davutoglu once again linked these ties to the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    `We spoke about the Karabakh issue with Russia's FM Sergei Lavrov, who
    was in Istanbul recently. There are elections in Armenia, in Spring,
    and in Azerbaijan, in Fall 2013. There are difficulties, before the
    elections, in securing a progress. At that time the psychological
    climate likewise is not suitable in the countries. We want for Armenia
    and Azerbaijan to achieve results in the Karabakh question; this will
    enable Turkey to act,' Turkish FM.

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