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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu travels to Armenia not on an official visit, but to attend a session of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation.
It was announced by political expert Fikrat Sadikhov while commenting on an upcoming visit Turkish foreign minister is going to pay to Yerevan on 12 December.
It is "common practice of participation in international events, which is held on a reciprocal basis, and the foreign ministers have a right to participate in such events," said the expert.
"Moreover, Ahmet Davutoğlu is a foreign minister, and his task is to establish contacts, participate in meetings and voice the position of his state,” he noted.
“In this context we are not talking about opening the border between Turkey and Armenia, and restoration of relations,” Sadikhov continued.
"The prime minister and foreign minister of Turkey have repeatedly voiced Ankara's official position, which is that the border cannot be opened until final settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Ankara is unlikely to change its principled and firm position," he stated.
Sadikhov believes that mutually acceptable solutions are being searched and an attempt is made to find some compromise in the issue of establishing relations between Turkey and Armenia.
"Turkey, in turn, should not forget that besides Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenia also has territorial claims to Turkey. Also there is a question of so-called "genocide" which Yerevan is not going to give up and continues to whip up hysteria on this issue in other countries," he added.
News.Az - Ankara unlikely to change its principles position – expert
Can somebody tell me why Turkey is doing reappraochment with Armenia? I thought about it and I don't understand it. What do we have to gain? They are insignificant market, they don't have natural resources, we already built pipeline around Armenia.
It was announced by political expert Fikrat Sadikhov while commenting on an upcoming visit Turkish foreign minister is going to pay to Yerevan on 12 December.
It is "common practice of participation in international events, which is held on a reciprocal basis, and the foreign ministers have a right to participate in such events," said the expert.
"Moreover, Ahmet Davutoğlu is a foreign minister, and his task is to establish contacts, participate in meetings and voice the position of his state,” he noted.
“In this context we are not talking about opening the border between Turkey and Armenia, and restoration of relations,” Sadikhov continued.
"The prime minister and foreign minister of Turkey have repeatedly voiced Ankara's official position, which is that the border cannot be opened until final settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Ankara is unlikely to change its principled and firm position," he stated.
Sadikhov believes that mutually acceptable solutions are being searched and an attempt is made to find some compromise in the issue of establishing relations between Turkey and Armenia.
"Turkey, in turn, should not forget that besides Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenia also has territorial claims to Turkey. Also there is a question of so-called "genocide" which Yerevan is not going to give up and continues to whip up hysteria on this issue in other countries," he added.
News.Az - Ankara unlikely to change its principles position – expert
Can somebody tell me why Turkey is doing reappraochment with Armenia? I thought about it and I don't understand it. What do we have to gain? They are insignificant market, they don't have natural resources, we already built pipeline around Armenia.
