Turkey has revived its relations with Iran, Iraq, Syria and Russia in last 6-7 years and made progress on many issues, Suat Kiniklioglu, deputy chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Turkish Parliament, told at Chatham House in Britain's capital, London.
"But we failed on two issues. We are not at the point, which we wanted to be, on the issues of Armenia and Cyprus," he was quoted by Dogan News Agency, or DHA, as saying.
Ankara has no diplomatic links with Yerevan and closed the border over Armenia's invasion of 20 percent territory of Azerbaijan, and as it presses the international community with the backing of the diaspora to admit the so-called "genocide" claims, instead of accepting Turkey's call to investigate the allegations.
Turkey and Armenia, however, agreed last month on a "road map" deal for U.S.-backed talks that could lead to the normalizing of ties and the opening of their border.
The Ankara-Yerevan thaw has reportedly disturbed Azerbaijan, which says opening the border before the withdrawal of Armenian troops from the country
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