TURKEY AGAIN LINKS ARMENIA MOVES WITH KARABAKH

Turkey will not normalize relations with Armenia before a breakthrough in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, raising more questions about the implementation of landmark Turkish-Armenian agreements signed the previous night, Azatutyun reports.
"I want to reiterate once again that Turkey cannot adopt a positive attitude unless Armenia withdraws from "occupied" Azerbaijani territories," he was reported to tell a news conference held in Ankara after a high-level meeting of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
Erdogan made clear that an internationally brokered agreement on Karabakh acceptable to Azerbaijan is critical for the ratification by the Turkish parliament of the two Turkish-Armenian relations envisaging that the establishment of diplomatic relations and opening of the border between the two nations.
"If the problems between Azerbaijan and Armenia are solved, then it will be easier for the Turkish community to embrace the normalization of the relations between Turkey and Armenia. Also, it will make it easier for the Turkish parliament to adopt the protocols," he said. The parliament and the Turkish public will therefore be closely following Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks, he added.

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TURKEY AGAIN LINKS ARMENIA MOVES WITH KARABAKH
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Turkey will not normalize relations with Armenia before a breakthrough in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, raising more questions about the implementation ...

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