December 10, 2009 - 14:07 AMT
Turkish PM again linked Karabakh to Armenian-Turkish rapprochement
AKP will not support ratification of Armenian-Turkish protocols unless progress is registered in Karabakh talks, Turkish PM said.

"If we introduce the protocols to the parliament today, they won't not be ratified," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama.

Erdogan called on Obama to press for resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. "Use your influence on both Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. If the conflict is resolved we can ratify the protocols which will open the border with Armenia in a very short time," he said.