Today.Az » Politics » American position has been that issue of Turkish-Armenian relations and Nagorno-Karabakh problem are parallel: Hudson University senior fellow
03 December 2009 [16:16] - Today.Az
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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.
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