American position has been that issue of Turkish-Armenian relations and Nagorno-Karabakh problem are parallel: Hudson University senior fellow

Senior fellow at Hudson University, expert on post-soviet countries David Satter expressed his opinion about the upcoming meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The expert said the Nagorno-Karabakh problem will probably be discussed.

"The issue of Nagorno-Karabach is almost certain to be discussed but there does not seem to be much likelihood that the U.S. will be pressuring Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh. The American position has been that the issues of Turkish-Armenian relations and Nagorno-Karabakh are separate but parallel. Having achieved a tentative agreement on Turkish-Armenian normalization, the U.S. is unlikely to want to risk it by linking the two issues" - said Satter.

"This reflects the fact that the agreement on normalization was achieved in part to relieve the U.S. of the need to take a position on the "Armenian genocide" question. In other words, the U.S. may not feel it is in a position to pressure Armenia further" - Satter said.

T. Teymur
Day.Az