To influence Baku Armenia should withdraw from Kars agreement and raise Nakhichevan issue

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey and Azerbaijan are trying to link Armenia-Turkey relations to NKR conflict, RPA parliamentary group member Gagik Melikyan said.



"It's natural, but they won't be allowed to do so," he stressed at the joint news conference with former NKR Foreign Minister Arman Melikyan.



Yet, the latter disagreed, noting that though there's no formal link between Armenia-Turkey protocols and NKR conflict settlement, still there is a procedural one.





"Armenia-Turkey border is unlikely to be opened until the spring 2010. All the while, Turkey will be convincing the international community of the impossibility to open the border without some progress in Karabakh conflict settlement," Arman Melikyan emphasized.



"To influence Baku, Armenia should withdraw from Kars agreement and raise Nakhichevan issue," Arman Melikyan noted adding that withdrawal from agreement and Protocols' ratification will allow Armenia to turn over a new leaf in relations with Turkey.