The talks between the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents on 22 November are unlikely to produce a major breakthrough in settling the Karabakh conflict, Sinan Ogan has said.
The head of the Turkish Centre for International Relations and Strategic Analysis (TURKSAM) told 1news.az, “No significant breakthrough in negotiations is expected in Munich as Yerevan is not ready for constructive talks and uses them just to continue the occupation of Azerbaijani land.”
“Armenia's tactics are clear,” Ogan said.
“The Armenians are trying to protract the negotiations till April in order to put pressure on Turkey through the United States. And then, naturally, relations between Baku and Ankara will worsen and Yerevan will get additional dividends.
“This is clear to everyone. Armenians forget that Turkish diplomacy has a
The Karabakah problem is one of the issues that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will discuss on 7 December in Washington and in Moscow too, Ogan said. “Turkey will spare no efforts in putting pressure” on the countries
Ogan said that the talks should be effective, otherwise Azerbaijan has the right to suspend them and settle its problem in other ways.
“How can we bear all this?” Ogan asked. “The United States, Russia and France should persuade Armenia to stop this policy and comply with the norms of international law.”
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