 Artak Shakaryan: Turkey frustrating Azerbaijan's plansNovember 7, 2009 - 16:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish-Azerbaijani controversy on normalization of Armenia-Turkey relations is often taken for a political game aiming to press on Armenia and compel it to compromise but, actually, it's not so, according to an Armenian expert."Turkey is not a pro-Azerbaijani country any longer. Earlier, Islamists were trying to gain power with arms. Now they are doing it with economic tools," Artak Shakaryan told a news conference on Saturday. "Turkey is no longer willing to defend Azerbaijan's interests as it did before. These two countries are not an unsplittable unity. The closed Armenian-Turkish border was a fundamental principle for Azerbaijan in the Karabakh issue. Normalizing relations with Armenia, Turkey breaks the current state of affairs," he said.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Related sections Topic Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
