Analyst: The Turkey-Armenia rapprochement process is over and there is no discussion regarding this matter right now

“The Turkey-Armenia rapprochement process is over and there is no discussion regarding this matter right now,” Bulent Aliriza, Senior Research Associate and Director of the Turkey Project at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, DC-based think tank, said.

He mentioned that, “clearly, Azerbaijan’s sharp reaction to Turkey’s Armenian negotiations was effective”. “It is very clear that if there was even a small progress between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the situation wouldn’t be that complicated”, he mentioned.

Speaking at the CSIS discussions on "Turkey’s New Geopolitics", November 14, the analyst stressed that, he was “very pessimistic” regarding the reopening of Turkey-Armenia border if there is no progress on Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations.

“This process between Turkey and Armenia is completely stuck”, he said, reminding, in fact, Armenian-Turkey border has been closed due to Armenian occupation of Azeri territories, in 1993.


/APA/