The recent presidential speech in Chatham House contained new ideas, according to <b>Alexander Manasyan</b>, Yerevan State University professor.

“It’s notable that President Sargsyan touched upon Nakhijevan in his address,” prof. Manasyan told reporters on Monday.

As to normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey, he said that Ankara has much to gain from not linking Karabakh conflict settlement to rapprochement with Armenia, since otherwise Yerevan can raise the Nakhijevan issue.

Prof. Manasyan also added that protracting the process of ratification of the Armenian-Turkish protocols, Ankara will give cause to US President Obama to avoid using the term genocide in his April 24 address.