The arrival of Armenian President to Turkey for World Cup qualifying match is a landmark in Armenian-Turkish relations. However the visit might be called off.
Deutsche Welle reminds that Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stated he would go to Turkey if the Armenian-Turkish border opens or is in the “threshold of unblocking,” concluding that well-publicized “football democracy” is threatened.
One of the main preconditions that formsobstacle for normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia,is Yerevan's refusal to demand Turkey to recognize so called Armenian genocide. The second one” Armenia should recognize territorial integrity of Turkey. And the crucial one “is Ankara's demand to Yerevan to settle Karabakh problem.
Today many Armenian politicians consider that Yerevan should not refuse preconditions so that the negotiations progress. Gideon Dewhirst, the Deputy Head of Mission at the UK Embassy in Armenia, considers that if Sargsyan does notgo to Turkey the situation will be deadlocked: “Armenia expected prompt developments this summer, that however did not happen. If there is no breakthrough it would be a lost opportunity, that might lead to stagnation of bilateral relations' settlement,” Dewhirst said.
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