Nagorno Karabakh conflict shouldn't be а hostage of Armenian-Turkish relationsMay 12, 2009 - 00:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - By no means should the progress in Nagorno Karabakh settlement be a hostage of Armenian-Turkish reconciliation, Russian Co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Juri Merzlyakov said in an interview with Ekho Moskvi radio station. "Initially, starting that process, Armenian and Turkish sides agreed, that the process will last without any preliminary conditions, or preconditions, as they say. Among such conditions previously Turkey considered progress in Nagorno Karabakh settlement. It means, it conditioned Armenian-Turkish reconciliation by a tangible leap in Nagorno Karabakh settlement," he said. According to him, if believe to the comments, related to recent agreement of joint statement of foreign ministries of Armenia, Turkey and Switzerland, playing a role of mediator, one must suppose that there are no preconditions from each side. "Therefore we think that the processes certainly affect each other. However, that impacts should be positive to enable the processes develop parallel, without intersecting. Something will be obviously attained earlier somewhere, or later in some other place, but co-chairmen's position is the following. The main thing is not to turn our process, the Nagorno Karabakh settlement into the hostage of Armenian-Turkish reconciliation," stressed Merzlyakov. Top stories 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". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |