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14 April 2010 [18:23] - Today.Az
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan summarized the results of the meetings in Washington at a briefing with journalists in US.
"It was a very important visit. Recently friendly relations have been established between Armenia and US. The meetings were important both in terms of strengthening bilateral relations and discussing regional and international issues that both sides are concerned about," the minister said.
"Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s meeting with the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made it possible to have a clear idea about Turkey’s stance," the minister added.
"The Turkish side was trying to hold discussions on the Karabakh theme, and the response was what it has been so far: Armenia-Turkey normalization should not be linked to the Karabakh settlement ... First of all Turkey cannot be a mediator in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement process. Secondly, Armenia will never make concessions over the Karabakh issue for the sake of Armenia-Turkey normalization ... If Turkey does not want to fail this process, it should show very quickly in practice that it is ready to ratify the Protocols and establish relations," the minister said.
/Tert.am/
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