“Establishment of diplomatic ties between Turkey and Armenia is normal,” Azerbaijani parliament's security and defense committee chair Aydin Mirzazade said commenting on Turkish Foreign Ministry's statement that Turkey and Armenia will start talks to resume diplomatic ties.
“The numerous statements by Turkish official who said that Turkey-Armenia border will not reopen until Armenia withdraws its troops from the occupied Azerbaijani lands are still in force,” Mirzazade said.
“It is normal that countries will be establish diplomatic relations, but as Turkey has announced strategic relationship with Azerbaijan, I think these two things should be linked with each other,” he added.
“Given the fact that are intense negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijani presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, I think on this background there are parallel negotiations on restoration of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey,” he said.
“But such a process is also possible that Armenia will be tasked to withdraw its troops from occupied Azerbaijani lands and at the same time Turkey will resume relations with Armenia. I see these processes in an interconnected form. I do not believe that Turkey will change its opinion for a short period of time. I also do not believe Turkey will change its friendly relations with Azerbaijan for the sake of opening the border with weak and at the same time aggressive Armenia,” he said.
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