Serious progress expected in Karabakh process within 6 weeks?September 1, 2009 - 18:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - What can be deducted from recent developments in Armenian-Turkish relations, particularly, joint statement on normalizing bilateral ties, is that Turkey has learned from the previous crisis between Turkey and Azerbaijan. Since, this time, all the developments have been carried out with greater secrecy, and every stage of the each development was coordinated with Baku,Sinan Ohan, President of Turkish Center for International Relations and Strategic Analysis (TURKSAM), told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. The fact that Azerbaijan is aware of and approves recently signed protocol between Yerevan and Ankara demonstrates that developments in Armenian Turkish relations go parallel with Karabakh process. "It can be foreseen that with the completion of this process between two countries within 6 weeks, there will be very important improvements about Nagorno Karabakh," Sinan Ohan stressed, adding that Yerevan and Ankara should prepare for peaceful talks by the end of 2009. "Nowadays, in Turkey, remarkable developments are experienced about Kurdish problem the one hand and Armenian problem on the other. However, society seems oversensitive to both initiative which are unlikely to be successful without public support," TURKSAM President said. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |