April 23, 2009 - 12:08 AMT
Yerevan managed to separate Karabakh issue from Armenian-Turkish relations
Any progress in Armenian-Turkish relation is welcome, an Armenian expert said.
"Signing of road-map agreement may mean that Armenia managed to separate Karabakh issue from Armenian-Turkish relations," Stepan Grigoryan, President of Analytical Center of Globalization and Regional Cooperation told PanARMENIAN.Net. "The Armenian-Turkish agreement may also lead to resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict."
Now, the most important task is to identify sequence of steps, according to him.
"It is important first to establish diplomatic relations and then open the border. Then other steps will follow. I don't think we were imposed preconditions we cannot satisfy. I can assume only that Armenia renounced its policy calling for international recognition of Genocide," Grigoryan said.