Azerbaijani analyst: For Azerbaijan it is important what Turkey thinks about it

He was commenting on Russian FM Sergey Lavrov’s statement that the two above-mentioned processes are not related.

"Attempts to artificially link these two processes are not right," Lavrov said.

"Sergey Lavrov’s statement are not original. Americans and Europeans say the same. If they do not want to link these two processes, it is their own business,” Musabayov said.

"But Armenians themselves link these processes. They see improved relations with Turkey as a major dividend that could delay withdrawal of Armenia’s troops from occupied Azerbaijani territories, or to obtain the best conditions for settling relations. But no one is going to turn a blind eye to it,” he said.

"For us it is important what Turkey thinks about it. In the end, it will be Turkey who will open the border. The Turkish side says that these two processes are linked. Everyone else will have to take it for granted,” he added.

"I think that these processes are directly linked. Because Armenia began to toughen its negotiating position as soon as the Armenian-Turkish dialogue was launched,” the expert added.

N. Abdullayeva