Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded to journalists questions upon completion of the meeting with the Azerbaijani side.
A news conference of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan was held upon an extended meeting on May 17, according to AzerTaj.
Answering the question from ANS correspondent about the further ratification of protocols between Turkey and Armenia and the possibility of their ratification without a serious breakthrough in the Karabakh conflict settlement, Erdogan said:
“The agreements signed in Switzerland, which we call the process of normalization between Turkey and Armenia, have been “frozen” by Armenia. Meanwhile, this is the parliament that is dealing with this issue in Turkey. However, we have a clear formulation regarding the protocol on the process of normalization that has been transferred to our parliament. We have said that the Grand National Assembly of Turkey cannot pass a positive decision without the resolution of the Karabakh conflict and settlement of issues of the regions, as well as the problem against Armenia and Azerbaijan. This was said clearly and in open.
We have spoken about it and explained this to all the three Minsk Group co-chairs. They must be more active in this direction and explain the importance of this issue to Armenia. For this purpose, we have included the Madrid issue into the agenda. We have included other issues on the agenda too. But we do not see a more sensitive approach of Armenia to this issue. As is known, despite 4 months have passed since the Sochi meeting, there is no progress at all.
Answering the correspondent of the Azerbaijani television about possible extension of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway to Nakhchivan and Turkey’s position on this issue, Erdogan said:
“As was planned, we will continue this work. Let no one worry about it. Our main task is to settle this problem of Nakhchivan. As you know, on June 17 we will launch air transportation and our foreign ministers will attend the opening ceremony, inshallah. The Turkish Airlines will operate flights from Istanbul to Nakhchivan thrice a week.
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