Ankara's idea about Armenian, Azeri, Turkish leaders meeting doomed to failure

PanARMENIAN.Net - There won't be any breakthrough in the Armenian-Turkish relations after the meeting between Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan in Istanbul, director of the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute Hayk Demoyan said.



Commenting on the possibility of a trilateral meeting between leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey, Mr. Demoyan said it will not help improvement of Armenian-Turkish and Armenian-Azeri relations.



"This is Ankara's regular unsuccessful attempt. Like the Caucasus platform and intention to meditate between Iran and U.S., it is doomed to failure," he said. "The fuss in Turkey's foreign policy proves its vulnerability."



Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian is off to Istanbul today to attend a meeting of the BSEC secretariat and to present Armenia's plan of activities in the tenure of its presidency in the organizations.



The Armenian Genocide will be in focus of talks between Minister Ali Babacan and his Armenian counterpart, Burak Ozugergin, a spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.



"Everything is on the table," Ozugergin said. "We are not precluding anything. The Ministers will take up bilateral issues, including the 1915 events and perhaps regional issues that could include relations with Azerbaijan."