Secretary of the Republican Party of Armenia parliamentary group Eduard Sharmazanov said that despite Turkey’s aspiration to link the Armenian-Turkish process to the Karabakh conflict settlement, the world powers have repeatedly stated that these are different processes.

According to Mr. Sharmazanov, the international community should make its conclusions after Turkey’s contradictory statements, as its position has served as a reason for Armenia to freeze the Armenian-Turkish process.

“It should be noted that Turkey’s statements are not of value, as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared in Washington about Turkey’s willingness to continue the Armenian-Turkish rapprochement without preconditions, but later he spoke about the border’s opening only after surrender of two regions around NKR,” he said.