Ankara cannot act as a mediator in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict since it has defended the Azerbaijani thesis since the very beginning, a Turkish expert said.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands has asked his Turkish colleague for clarification on the decision of the Turkish Minister of Justice to give permission to prosecute writer Temel Demirer.
Although Bryza sounded optimistic on the resolution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, he cautioned that the tension in the Caucasus is far from being over.
Western diplomats said the war in August between Russia and Georgia appeared to have given impetus to diplomatic efforts to resolve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.