September 24, 2008 - 18:48 AMT
Karabakh questions Turkey's sincerity
It's premature to give assessments to Turkey and Iran's initiative to mediate for the Karabakh problem resolution, chairman of the NKR NA committee on foreign relations Vahram Atanesyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

NKR will announce its position after exact proposals are made, according to him.

"As far as I remember, Iran was a mediator on the initial stage of talks and it has experience in resolution of problems of the kind. As for Turkey, I do question sincerity of its intentions. A supporter to Azerbaijan, it will hardly be an impartial mediator," he said.

Iran and Turkey announced intention to mediate for resolution of the Karabakh conflict after the Georgian-South Ossetian clashes. Russia welcomed the initiate. However, OSCE Minsk Group French Co-chair Bernard Fassier stated that the MG format is not subject to transformation.