Behlul Ozkan: Ankara disappointed with Moscow’s inactivitySeptember 2, 2010 - 14:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sincerely wishing to normalize relations with Armenia, Turkey, however, can’t move forward unless progress in registered in the Karabakh process, a Turkish professor said. “Progress implies withdrawal of Armenian troops from certain territories around Nagorno Karabakh,” Behlul Ozkan, associate professor at Bogazici University in Istanbul, told a news conference in Yerevan. “Turkey believes that regional peace may be achieved through package settlement of all problems, including the Karabakh conflict,” he said, adding that “Ankara is disappointed with Moscow’s inactivity in Turkish-Armenian dialogue.” According to prof. Ozkan, Russia is interested in normalization between Yerevan and Ankara relations but doesn’t wish Armenian-Azerbaijani reconciliation, which can damage Moscow’s positions in the South Caucasus. As to the upcoming liturgy in Holy Cross Church, he said Turkish authorities aim to kill two birds with one stone: to draw Armenian and Turkish people closer and solve socioeconomic problems of the eastern provinces of the country. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |