ZAMAN: ANKARA HOPING FOR NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA WON’T TAKE ANY STEPS

The upcoming presidential elections in both Azerbaijan and Armenia are not expected to bring about much in the way of significant changes to the current political administrations. Within this framework, it is also not anticipated that there will be any concrete developments as far as Nagorno Karabakh is concerned, Zaman daily reports. “In 2008, the individual analysis of Armenia, Turkish-Armenian and Turkish-Armenian-Azeri relations could bring about the formation of new diplomatic relations, though without the opening up of currently sealed borders. On this front, it could well be anticipated that efforts by the U.S. Embassy in Ankara and by certain Turkish intellectual circles may see a notable increase over the coming year,” the newspaper says. “The continuing negative stance by Armenia toward Turkey, combined with its judgmental behavior, will likely block the serious formation of diplomatic relations this coming year. In addition, the question of Nagorno Karabakh is one that concerns the entire international community, as it relates to Armenia’s approach to international law and respect for the principles of land unity. Turkey continues its support for the Prague accords, which came about in 2004 under the initiative of the Minsk Group co-chairs; this accord aims to find a peaceful solution to the ongoing problem in the southern Caucasus as it relates to Nagorno Karabakh. Ankara, while hoping fervently for the normalization, if possible, of relations with neighboring Yerevan, is resolute in its determination not to take any steps until it sees positive steps on this front from Yerevan itself,” it says.

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