Former speaker of the Armenian parliament, MP Tigran Torosyan believes Turkey is being pressured in the process of normalizing ties with Armenia.

“Moscow and Washington’s urging Erdogan not to link Karabakh conflict settlement to Armenia-Turkey rapprochement is a major slap on the face of Turkish Prime Minister. Simple logic tells that US and Russia won’t allow Turkey to interfere in Karabakh conflict settlement process to retain the leverage of pressure on Azerbaijan,” Mr. Torosyan told a news conference in Yerevan.

“There’s more to lose than to gain for Armenia in the opening of border with Turkey. We’ve already made our share of concessions by agreeing to Protocol provisions on mutual recognition of borders and historic subcommittee formation. Moreover, we’ve made no progress in the issue of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Almost all countries are convinced that recognition of Armenian Genocide can harm RA-Turkey reconciliation,” he concluded.