Turkey can facilitate Karabakh problem resolution by influencing Baku

PanARMENIAN.Net - Ankara can't be a mediator in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process, AFR Dashnaktsutyun Bureau representatives said.



"The possibility of Turkey's participation in talks has become a topic of hot discussions recently but the fact is that Turkey can only facilitate Karabakh problem resolution by influencing Azerbaijan," Aghvan Vardanyan told a news conference in Yerevan today.



"Present-day Turkey pursues a flexible foreign policy and advocates its interests throughout the globe. It put forth its Caucasus stability and cooperation pact immediately after the war in South Ossetia. Now, after the U.S. presidential election, it wants to moderate its relations with the U.S. and Iran," he said, adding that the outcome of the U.S. election opened a possibility for Armenia to take a correct stand in relations with Washington, Moscow and Brussels.



Commenting in the Moscow declaration on Karabakh, Vardanyan said he doesn't foresee any changes in the process. "Concerns over the frozen conflict in Karabakh aroused after the South Ossetian war. This declaration was meant to emphasize the role of Russia in resolution of this conflict, which will hardly be resolved during the coming months."