Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said it in a live broadcast of Turkish television channel Show TV.
"Solution of problems between Azerbaijan and Armenia will help to overcome the difficulties in relations of Turkey with Armenia," Erdogan said.
Turkish PM said that U.S., together with France and Russia, is one of three co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group, which has been involved in resolving Nagorno-Karabakh conflict for 17 years.
According to Erdogan, if U.S. together with other co-chairs manages to solve this problem it will help Turkey to overcome the difficulties in the region.
"These countries are also permanent members of UN Security Council and they need to solve this problem as soon as possible. This will facilitate our work," Erdogan said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan lost all of Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojali in December 1991. In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and 7 districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
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